The Muncie Community Schools Board of Trustees has approved a fourth consecutive salary increase for teachers. The district said the increase will keep MCS teachers among the highest paid in east central Indiana.... Read More
Officials with the YMCA of Muncie on Wednesday kicked off the public phase of a $28.5 million capital campaign. The organization plans to build a new, 73,000-square-foot facility on the campus of Muncie Central High School.... Read More
The players on Oakland City University's women's soccer team are speaking out on the departure of their coach this week. In a statement posted to the team's Instagram page, the players said Coach Katie Harrison was "forced to resign based on her sexuality."... Read More
Two high school students from Indiana are among the winners of this year's National Junior Science and Humanities Symposium in Virginia. The event awarded more than $200,000 in scholarships and cash awards this year.... Read More
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo believes Purdue University is doing exactly what needs to be done in order to build a pipeline of workers in the country's growing semiconductor industry. ... Read More
The Industrial Assessment Center at Purdue University in Indianapolis is helping small and medium-sized companies track those expenses and provide recommendations on how to reduce those costs, while also training students for careers.... Read More
Indiana State University said Tuesday that former Vice President of Administrative Affairs Robert Schafer and his wife, Penny, have donated $1 million to the university. The donation includes a cash gift for ISU athletics and will also support four endowments.... Read More
Indiana state senators advanced a bill Tuesday that would make state funding available for teachers seeking firearms training, a move critics have said could increase the number of guns in school to the detriment of students.... Read More
Nineteen schools in Indianapolis Public Schools will lose their nurses provided through Indiana University Health when this school year ends, prompting concerns from parents about schools’ ability to respond to emergency health situations or oversee other health care needs.... Read More
Indiana lawmakers are one step closer to advancing a contentious bill to the governor’s desk that has been decried by the state’s teachers unions as “unnecessary” and “union-busting.” ... Read More
The federal Health Resources and Services Administration has awarded a $500,000 grant to Indiana Health Centers Inc. The funding will be used to establish a new medical residency program in family medicine in partnership with Marian University in Indianapolis.... Read More
The Indiana State Bar Association is opposing proposed rule changes that would allow graduates of certain non-American Bar Association accredited law schools to sit for the Indiana bar exam.... Read More
Purdue University on Friday announced a major undertaking and a multi-million-dollar investment to advance the university’s commitment to computer sciences, artificial intelligence and microchip research. ... Read More
Longtime Purdue University benefactors Norman and Karen Blake have committed $10 million toward the creation of an ethics center within the Mitch Daniels School of Business. ... Read More
Senate Republicans on Thursday unveiled their two-year spending plan for the state, calling for record increases in education funding but declining to increase eligibility for Indiana’s school voucher program—a priority of House Republicans.... Read More
As the national conversation around student loan debt continues, and as the U.S. Supreme Court considers the Biden administration’s plan to forgive billions in student loan debt, law students are seeing their student loan debt rise.... Read More
Indiana State University has entered into an educational exchange agreement with the University of Havana in Cuba. The partnership will allow for student study abroad programs, instruction and research. ... Read More
An educator from South Vermilion Community School Corp. has been named the inaugural Nextech Computer Science Teacher of the Year by Techpoint, the nonprofit growth accelerator for Indiana’s technology sector. ... Read More
The Community Foundation of Elkhart County has named Kim Boynton to lead a new coalition designed to ensure kindergartners in the county are prepared to start elementary school... Read More
Purdue University has named Mark Lewis as the inaugural chief executive officer of the Purdue Applied Research Institute. ... Read More
