Mitch Daniels’ decision to step down as president of Purdue University has sparked significant speculation about a potential return to politics and another run for the governor’s office. And while the former two-term governor is leaving the door open, he’s doing his best to dampen that speculation.... Read More
The Ivy Tech Foundation at Ivy Tech Community College Fort Wayne and Warsaw has received an endowed gift from the estate of Mark M. Suedhoff. The $2.2 million gift will establish The Mark M. Suedhoff Endowed Success Scholarship and The Mark M. Suedhoff Endowed Scholarship – Chancellor’s Merit Award.... Read More
When Marian University students return to campus this fall in Indianapolis, they may engage with some much younger students. ... Read More
Ivy Tech Community College has appointed Dr. Tia Robinson-Cooper as chancellor of its South Bend-Elkhart campus. Robinson-Cooper, who most recently served as president of Contra Costa College in California, was selected following a national search.... Read More
The University of Notre Dame has begun construction on a new men's residence hall. The university says the four-story, nearly 80,000-square-foot building will house about 260 students when it opens in the summer of 2024.... Read More
Purdue University, Purdue Polytechnic Institute and Purdue University Global are establishing an academic partnership with the University of Puerto Rico. Purdue says the goal of the partnership is to forge relationships that will benefit students and professors in areas such as precision medicine and healthcare, sustainability and climate change, and engineering.... Read More
The president of Trine University in Angola has announced plans for retirement. Earl Brooks, who is currently the longest-serving college president in Indiana, says he will retire at the end of the 2022-2023 academic year after 23 years in the role.... Read More
The Indiana University Board of Trustees has approved a $4 billion operating budget for the 2023 academic year. The budget, which was approved at the board's June meeting, includes a compensation increase for employees.... Read More
Indiana Commissioner for Higher Education Chris Lowery says it will take an aggressive, “all hands on deck” approach for the state to reverse a steep decline in the number of Hoosier high school graduates attending college.... Read More
The Ball State University Board of Trustees has approved a freeze on room and board and parking fees for the second consecutive year. The university says the move is part of an effort to keep costs affordable for students in the 2022-2023 academic year.... Read More
The University of Southern Indiana has named Sudesh Mujumdar dean of the Romain College of Business. Mujumdar has served as dean of the College of Business Administration at Savannah State University in Savannah, Georgia, since September 2019.... Read More
When Precious Johnson enrolled at Ivy Tech Community College in Indianapolis, she was terrified. It had been years since she graduated high school, and she was a single mom raising a son with autism.... Read More
The dean of the Indiana University School of Nursing calls the nationwide nursing shortage a “high urgency issue” ... Read More
The Purdue University Global School of Nursing is partnering with Dallas County Hospital in Iowa to create a state-of-the-art simulation center. Purdue says the center will provide a more efficient and immersive learning model that meets the needs of students, hospital staff and the community.... Read More
The vice chancellor of Ivy Tech Community College in Warsaw says a new partnership with Whitko Community School Corp. in Larwill will help prepare high school students for the rigors of college and save money for their families.... Read More
Purdue University Northwest is establishing a new Center for High Energy Physics. PNW says the center will leverage its existing particle and high energy physics research and community outreach programs, while promoting the university's status within the world of physics research.... Read More
The pandemic caused the percentage of Indiana high school graduates pursuing college or other post-secondary training to fall by six percentage points, to 53%, in 2020, the state's Commission for Higher Education said.... Read More
Trine University in Angola says it is investing $16 million to expand and equip one of its academic buildings to accommodate the school’s growing health sciences program. ... Read More
Purdue University President Mitch Daniels says the man selected by the Purdue Board of Trustees to succeed him is "uniquely qualified" for the job. The board unanimously chose Mung Chiang to become the university's next president beginning January 1 following Daniels' retirement.... Read More
The Purdue Research Foundation has inked a licensing agreement with an international energy company for the commercialization of a new process discovered at Purdue University Northwest. The new process uses food waste to biologically produce hydrogen for use as a sustainable energy source.... Read More
