Ex-Purdue president picked to head science agency
Former Purdue University president France Cordova's next job could be as director of the National Science Foundation.
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Indiana lawmaker seeks Purdue trustees’ resignations
A Democratic state lawmaker asked Purdue University's trustees to resign Tuesday for giving President Mitch Daniels a bonus amid the recent firestorm over his efforts as governor to keep a liberal historian's textbook out of Indiana classrooms.
Purdue profs blast Daniels on academic freedom
Dozens of Purdue University professors questioned their new school president's commitment to academic freedom Monday following the release of emails showing that as governor Mitch Daniels tried to keep a liberal historian's textbook out of Indiana classrooms.
Purdue trustees OK performance bonus for Daniels
Purdue University President Mitch Daniels is set to receive a $58,000 bonus for his first six months in office after a vote of trustees on Friday.
Daniels denies trying to censor Indiana universities
Purdue University President Mitch Daniels said Wednesday he never tried to quash academic freedom while serving as Indiana’s governor and criticized an Associated Press report citing emails in which he opposed use of a book by anti-war activist Howard Zinn.
As governor, Daniels targeted liberal ‘propaganda,’ emails show
Emails obtained by The Associated Press through a Freedom of Information Act request show Daniels requested that historian and anti-war activist Howard Zinn's writings be banned from classrooms and asked for a "cleanup" of college courses.
Daniels’ hiring of ex-aides for Purdue posts draws scrutiny
About 30 new management or professional hires have appeared on Purdue's payroll since Daniels took office in January. At least six are former colleagues from Daniels' days as governor and as a top executive at Eli Lilly and Co.
Daniels heads to China to enhance partnerships
The former governor says he will look for ways to advance existing partnerships and seek to forge new ones during the six-day trip beginning Saturday.
Indiana highway commissioner picked for Purdue job
The head of the Indiana Department of Transportation is looking to join former Gov. Mitch Daniels at Purdue University.
Purdue makes fast progress on tuition freeze
The school is nearly three-fourths of the way to reaching its goal of $40 million in savings or new revenue.
Ball State president among nation’s highest paid
BSU’s Jo Ann Gora was the fifth-highest-paid public college president in the United States during the 2011-12 academic year, according to a new survey released Monday.
Indiana ‘brain drain’ draws concerns at universities
Indiana has a higher concentration of production and manufacturing jobs. That means graduates who are seeking employment with their degree might find more opportunities outside the state.
Daniels revises Purdue wage-freeze plan amid input
Purdue University administrators earning more than $50,000 will be eligible for merit raises under a change to a plan President Mitch Daniels proposed last month to compensate for a two-year tuition freeze.
Pay rises faster at Indiana public universities than national peers
The campus with the highest-paid faculty was Purdue at West Lafayette, where the average salary was $101,000, followed closely by IU-Bloomington, where salaries averaged $98,400.
2 agency heads already leaving Pence administration
The heads of the Department of Natural Resources and the Department of Administration have asked the Indiana Ethics Commission for formal opinions on whether they can accept positions in higher education.
Purdue eases way for faculty to file for patents
Dan Hasler, president of the Purdue Research Foundation, said returning the rights to the technology to faculty will spur innovation at Purdue and keep good ideas from gathering dust.
Former university chancellor alleges gender bias
The former chancellor of Indiana-Purdue Fort Wayne says in a federal lawsuit that the trustees of Purdue University forced him into retirement because former President France Cordova wished to hire more female administrators.
Purdue: Indiana farmland values still rising
Valuations continue to head north despite last summer’s drought, and farm managers and rural appraisers expect the trend to continue in the short term.
Group seeks changes in Purdue discipline policies
The American Association of University Professors has sent a string of letters in the past year criticizing the university's due process and asking university President Mitch Daniels to institute changes to policies they say often make administrators judge and jury.
Purdue moving to trim its federal lobbying costs
Purdue University is planning to trim its federal lobbying costs and downsize its Washington, D.C., office by cutting ties with an outside lobbying firm.