Indiana spent roughly $439 million on its voucher program for the 2023-24 school year as enrollment in private schools hit a record high, a surge driven in large part by students from wealthy families. The figure represents a $127 million increase from the...... Read More
Franklin College, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Saint Mary’s College, Trine University and the University of Evansville have received a total of $100,000 in grants from the Ball Venture Fund for initiatives that stimulate creativity and innovation.... Read More
The Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue has launched a new online initiative to educate government and business leaders—and the general public—on issues at the intersection of technology, national security and economic prosperity.... Read More
The NCAA and the nation's five biggest conferences announced Thursday night that they have agreed to pay nearly $2.8 billion to settle a host of antitrust claims, a monumental decision that sets the stage for a groundbreaking revenue-sharing model.... Read More
Purdue University plans to move its motorsports engineering program to Speedway as part of a multiyear partnership with IndyCar manufacturing partner Dallara.... Read More
Indiana University Indianapolis is expanding its automatic admissions program to admit qualifying students in all charter high schools in the Indianapolis Public Schools Innovation Network. The announcement on Thursday builds off of the groundbreaking...... Read More
The Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame on Wednesday announced a partnership with Xavier University of Louisiana. The partnership will allow Xavier students to be admitted into some of the college's graduate business programs.... Read More
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
