Education

Indiana State University says it has concluded a budget reorganization for fiscal year 2024 and resulted in a net loss of about ten positions, both faculty and staff. ... Read More

A federal magistrate judge has denied Purdue University’s motion for judgment or a new trial following a jury verdict in favor of a former student who accused the school of violating her Title IX rights for reporting a sexual assault.... Read More

Republican lawmakers are advancing major changes to the state’s school funding system to benefit charter schools and districts with relatively low property tax values. ... Read More

The University of Sant Francis on Wednesday announced President Rev. Eric Zimmer will step down at the end of the current academic year. The Fort Wayne-based university said Zimmer plans to "pursue other opportunities within the Church and academia."... Read More

A group of higher education institutions in northern Indiana has secured more than $1.1 million in funding from the state's Regional Economic Acceleration and Development Initiative, or READI. The funding will support health sciences programs at four schools.... Read More

IUPUC on Wednesday announced it has received full membership to the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. The university said with the membership, it will officially join the River States Conference for competition beginning this fall.... Read More

Illinois-based Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) is building upon its relationship with Purdue University with the formal opening of an office at the Convergence Center in Discovery Park District. ... Read More

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana Senior Judge Sarah Evans Barker ruled Thursday that the state was permanently enjoined from enforcing 2021’s Senate Enrolled Act 251 and 2022’s Senate Enrolled Act 297.... Read More

The University of Evansville has received a $30 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education. The funding will establish the Evansville Promise Neighborhood, which aims to help prepare children throughout their academic journey.... Read More

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology has received a record number of applications for the 2023-24 academic year. Our partners at WTWO-TV report more than 5,300 students from more than 70 countries have applied to attend the school.... Read More

A bill originally focused on school building closures was transformed Wednesday to primarily provide Indiana charter schools with access to more state and local funding.... Read More

Indiana University is creating three new degree programs that will continue to bolster the school’s growing emphasis on technology careers and research opportunities. ... Read More

Ball State University President Geoffrey Mearns announced Monday that Cathy DuBois will become the dean of the Miller College of Business. DuBois comes to Muncie from the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship at Kent State University.... Read More

Democratic state lawmakers continue to decry education funding “inequities” in the state’s draft budget and are now mounting pressure on their Republican counterparts to “fully fund” Indiana’s traditional K-12 public schools in the next spending plan.... Read More

Despite success with enrollees and its more than 30-year track record, the scholarship program has struggled to attract students to enroll in the program that has helped more than 50,000 Hoosiers earn college degrees... Read More

Ascend Indiana, an initiative of the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership, continues to grow its list of partnerships with universities that want to take advantage of the initiative’s online job matching platform. Indiana State University is the latest school to connect with Ascend Network, a platform that helps to connect students with Indiana jobs and internships. ... Read More

Indianapolis Public Schools will implement all of its overhaul known as Rebuilding Stronger without a May referendum for operating expenses, a tax increase the district had touted as key to its plan to provide a quality education to all students.... Read More

Cameron Memorial Community Hospital in Angola is partnering with Trine University to support students in Trine's new nursing program. The partnership includes the construction of a new education and innovation facility on the hospital campus.... Read More

The state’s highest court is now accepting comments on an amendment that would allow graduates of the Concord Law School at Purdue University Global to take the Indiana bar exam.... Read More

The former president and first lady of Indiana University have gifted $500,00 to IU Health. The gift from Michael McRobbie and Laurie Burns McRobbie will support behavioral health services at the IU Regional Academic Health Center in Bloomington.... Read More