New NBA pact could kill NCAA’s one-and-done dilemma
College basketball may be one of the biggest benefactors of the soon-to-be ratified National Basketball Association labor settlement.
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Building services staffer endows IUPUI scholarship
Employee’s entire estate will go toward university’s goal of raising $1.3 billion.
Class in Hoosier hospitality launched for Super Bowl
The class is being launched Oct. 3 with the goal of getting tens of thousands of front-line hospitality workers—from hoteliers, caterers and restaurant servers to cab drivers and airport employees—prepared for the barrage of Super Bowl visitors coming in February.
Indiana lawmakers say tuition hikes hard on families
Republican and Democratic budget leaders bemoaned that in-state tuition jumped from an average of 12 percent of Hoosiers' incomes in 2000 to expectations it will account for 19 percent of average income by 2013.
IUPUI enrolls record number of foreign students
For the first time, more than 300 of IUPUI's students have come from one country, China, the university said Thursday as it announced record enrollment of international students for the fall semester.
Indiana University system reaches record enrollment
School officials say that 108,041 students enrolled for the first day of fall semester classes at its eight campuses around the state.
Sustainability, more new jobs key to GM site
Why not look at the entire neighborhood instead of just this old site?
IUPUI track stadium dodges wrecking ball
The Michael A. Carroll Track and Soccer Stadium, which school officials considered demolishing a few years ago, is getting a face-lift that includes a new $1.2 million infield surface.
Indianapolis Museum of Art drops student-run security
The IMA is back to using traditional security guards after IUPUI vetoed its plan to use federally funded work-study students.
Colleges hike tuition as state reduces funding
Supporters of Indiana's public universities say if state lawmakers continue to reduce state funding for higher education, colleges will keep raising tuition and fees.
Indiana universities face questions over tuition increases
Indiana's top higher education official warned Monday that legislators may demand explanations from public colleges and universities if the schools approve tuition hikes in excess of caps recently suggested by a state panel.
Indiana University Center on Philanthropy adding endowed faculty chairs
Forecasts of big growth in executive employment at not-for-profits drives plan to create between seven and 10 endowed faculty chairs.
Cummins spurs launch of mechanical engineering program
This fall, Indiana University-Purdue University at Columbus will roll out its first four-year mechanical engineering program.
Hunter leaves IUPUI to take coaching job at Georgia State
Coach Ron Hunter has left IUPUI after 17 seasons to take over at Georgia State University, a men’s basketball program that has struggled through most of its existence.
Degree in clean energy to be offered at IUPUI
The bachelor’s in energy engineering and technology is believed to be one of only a handful of such programs offered around the country.
Ball State touted for research even as funding drops
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has classified Ball State as a "high research university" for the first time, elevating it to a status shared in Indiana only by Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.
IUPUI chancellor making his mark on urban campus
A little more than a year into Charles Bantz’s term as chancellor of IUPUI, observers say he has done an admirable job getting to know the campus and the community, and he’s using that knowledge to make sure their paths remain intertwined.
IUPUI’s Bantz passed over for UMass president’s job
The University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees on Thursday tapped Robert Caret to lead the the five-campus UMass system, choosing him over IUPUI Chancellor Charles Bantz and Philip Clay, chancellor of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Duke/Browning team to develop building at new Wishard
The team, which plans to build an office building in the 200,000-square-foot range, beat out six other groups that submitted proposals.
Some IUPUI adjunct instructors to receive 3-percent raises
A coalition representing part-time educators within IUPUI’s School of Liberal Arts called for a pay hike after full-time faculty received a similar raise.