The University of Southern Indiana has named Shelly Blunt interim provost. Blunt, who currently serves as dean of the Pott College of Science, Engineering and Education, succeeds Mohammed Khayum, who is retiring after 32 years with the university.... Read More
A school district, the airport authority and a manufacturer have partnered with Indiana State University's Preferred Partners program to give their employees 15% off of tuition for undergraduate and graduate online degree programs. ... Read More
The Private Academic Library Network of Indiana (PALNI) has awarded PALSave Textbook Creation grants to fund eight open textbooks from faculty authors at the network’s supported institutions. The grants allow educators to develop open textbooks that are freely available online, making them part of a Lilly Endowment-funded statewide effort to reduce the cost of course […]... Read More
The University of Notre Dame announced Thursday that Director of Athletics Jack Swarbrick will step down in the first quarter of 2024. And his successor has already been named; NBC Sports Group Chairman Peter Bevacqua is set to take over as AD next year.... Read More
A project at IU's Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy, a data and research driven service and research hub on the Indianapolis campus, will investigate why the state is not producing enough those specialty health care workers to meet the demand through exploring the post-secondary pipeline. ... Read More
The Indiana University Board of Trustees approved a 3% tuition and fee spike for all IU campuses on Wednesday. The decision comes after the university established a new simplified fee structure that includes many fee eliminations and reductions. ... Read More
Some board members said the state didn’t cut enough, especially in the earliest grades.... Read More
Schools across Indiana could see a dip in their reported graduation rates after a change to state law requiring districts to limit the portion of students who graduate with waivers from the calculation. Students who graduate with a waiver can account for...... Read More
Indianapolis-based Lilly Endowment Inc. has awarded Manchester University a $250,000 planning grant as part of its College and Community Collaboration Initiative. The university said it will use the funding to explore community projects in Wabash County.... Read More
Grace College announced Tuesday that its school of business has raised $1.5 million to fund the Dr. Roger Stichter Endowed Chair of Accounting. The college said the chair is designed to help recruit and retain high-quality accounting faculty.... Read More
DePauw University has announced the appointment of Dr. Bridget Gourley as the inaugural dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. She will serve a three-year term beginning July 1.... Read More
The Purdue Food Science Pilot Lab is celebrating an over $900,000 investment Tuesday giving students a hands-on, industry-grade opportunity to study alternative protein foods. Rather than monetary, the donation is a food processor critical to create pantry stakeholders like cereal and crackers.... Read More
They signed Memoranda of Understanding for academic, research and innovation collaboration and additional study abroad opportunities for students. Officials are in talks about joint programs, including physics, computer science, electrical engineering and biological sciences, with an eye toward workforce development. ... Read More
The university's campus will be in the direct path of the eclipse and the sky will go dark for over three minutes around 2:02 p.m. The university said it has 1,400 acres of unobstructed sky views. ... Read More
Ivy Tech Community College has announced that it will offer five Google Certificates at no cost to students in partnership with national not-for-profit Jobs for the Future. The program, as part of the Ivy+ IT Academy, is designed to prepare learners for...... Read More
The new initiative, called the Jet Access/Vincennes University Professional Pilot Program, allows student to take general education courses while strapping in a plan for flying experience. The opportunities are available through the Aviation Flight Technology Associate Degree Program.... Read More
Ivy Tech Community College announced Monday that former President Gerald Lamkin has died. Lamkin spent 40 years with the college, serving as president from 1983-2007. He was 86.... Read More
Indianapolis-based Tindley Accelerated Schools has named Jonathan Harris as its new network president. Harris, who currently serves as vice president of Indianapolis Classical Schools, will take the helm of one of the city's original charter school systems.... Read More
Gov. Eric Holcomb announced a slate of new appointment to several education-related boards and commissions June 1. ... Read More
Marian University Preparatory School, an online private school run by the Indianapolis-based university, is expanding its reach. The university said Thursday that MU Prep will now serve K-10 students in 31 new states and Washington D.C.... Read More
