The Purdue for Life Foundation will soon launch a national search for its next CEO. The foundation's current CEO, Matt Folk, announced this week he is stepping down to focus on the growth of Purde University's new Indianapolis campus.... Read More
The president of the University of Southern Indiana announced Wednesday is leaving for a new position on the West Coast. Ron Rochon, who became USI's fourth president in 2018, is leaving to become president of California State University-Fullterton.... Read More
A potential multibillion-dollar settlement of an antitrust lawsuit cleared the second of a three-step NCAA approval process Tuesday, and the presidential boards of two of the five conferences named in the complaint voted to approve the deal.... Read More
Indiana University has opened one of its Global Gateway offices in Ghana, a move that makes IU the only U.S. public university to have such a presence in Africa. The international gateway launched May 20 at the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences in Accra.... Read More
Colorado Rockies pitcher Kyle Freeland and his wife, Ashley, are providing a $3 million gift to the University of Evansville to support a new baseball clubhouse. The university said Monday that the gift is believed to be the largest in UE Athletics history.... Read More
The superintendent of the Indiana School for the Blind and Visually Impaired will retire in September, Gov. Eric Holcomb's office announced Monday. The school's board will search to replace James Durst by his last day, Sept. 30.... Read More
Butler University is setting up a bachelor of science in nursing program, a four-year program that marks the university’s first foray into nursing as Indiana faces a growing workforce crunch in the field. The school said it will accept applications on...... Read More
The University of Southern Indiana Foundation has received a $2.55 million gift from the Lois M. Collier Charitable Trust to establish a tuition-assistance endowment. The Lois M. and Reginald B. Collier Family Presidential Scholarship Endowment awards will...... Read More
A proposed redesign of Indiana’s high school graduation requirements to emphasize student choice and work-based learning has drawn concerns from educators who say it’s too much change too soon. The plan would offer students beginning with the class of...... Read More
Marian University will launch a new online logistics and supply chain management bachelor's degree program next fall. The program is available to new students but was targeted and made accessible for working professionals and those considering career changes.... Read More
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita notified multiple universities as a warning that those schools are required to enforce Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by combating all forms of antisemitism on their campuses or they could lose federal funding.... Read More
The U.S. Department of Education has designated Purdue University Northwest as a Hispanic-Serving Institution, a recognition for its ratio of Hispanic and Latino students that makes the university eligible for additional federal support.... Read More
Four students were named to Gov. Eric Holcomb's STEM Team for their "exceptional efforts" in the subjects and were each given a $1,000 scholarship and a letterman jacket. ... Read More
A senior executive with the AAA Hoosier Motor Club and an alum of Indiana Wesleyan University has been named dean of the university’s DeVoe School of Business, Technology, and Leadership. Andy Hughes began his new role April 29.... Read More
A business owner and entrepreneur in the Putnam County town of Cloverdale is looking to expand what he calls the civic information network piloted at Cloverdale High School. Taulbee Jackson launched Citizen One as a means to deliver news in a more...... Read More
One of the lead attorneys in a class-action antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA said Monday that settlement talks are progressing as a deadline looms next week for the Indianapolis-based organization and major conferences to agree to a deal that would...... Read More
A biomedical researcher and entrepreneur whose innovations have helped improve treatment for people with musculoskeletal disorders has been named executive director of the Convergent Bioscience and Technology Institute at Indiana University Indianapolis.... Read More
In March, Tell City Jr.-Sr. High School was named a School of Excellence Award winner by the Indiana Commission for Higher Education. Lisa Noble, school counselor, and Chris Hollinden, assistant principal, spoke with IIB about the...... Read More
The rate of Indiana high school seniors who go directly on to college remains stagnant, according to the latest data released by state officials. New numbers for the Class of 2022 announced by the Indiana Commission of Higher Education indicated...... Read More
This year, 20 schools are newly certified, four renewed their certification and 11 received a designation showing improvement toward developing STEM opportunities. ... Read More
