The Indiana Department of Education is awarding nearly 100 schools and community partners throughout the state with more than $57 million in Explore, Engage and Experience grant funding. The IDOE says the funding will support schools and local partners working to strengthen, expand and create effective career pathways.... Read More
Fort Wayne-based nonprofit Easterseals Arc of Northeast Indiana is launching two new additions to its employment-training programs. The nonprofit says the hospitality and healthcare learning labs are part of continued efforts to address the region's historic labor shortages and workforce needs.... Read More
The founder and chief executive officer of Indianapolis-based startup XR Technologies calls the shortage of math teachers in Indiana “beyond crisis." Kevin Berkopes’ company helps fill those roles by accelerating the teacher training and licensure process. In May, the ed-tech firm received Indiana State Board of Education approval to offer the licensing program to get newly trained math teachers into the classroom.... Read More
Indianapolis-based workforce development initiative Ascend Indiana and EmployIndy have received $6 million from the Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation. The partners say the grant funding will support growth of the Modern Youth Apprenticeship program in Marion County.... Read More
Butler University has received an anonymous $1 million gift that will support construction of its Esports Park. The 7,500-square-foot esports and educational technology facility is expected to open in August.... Read More
Indiana University is creating a new research center to address issues of gender inequity, sexual misconduct and sexual harassment in the workplace. ... Read More
A Taiwan-based chipmaker is partnering with Purdue University to establish a new chip design center on the West Lafayette campus. MediaTek says the center, which is expected to create up to 30 jobs, represents its first partnership with an American university, as well as a new growth model for the company.... Read More
Calumet College of St. Joseph, along with Big Shoulders Fund Northwest Indiana and the Catholic Diocese of Gary, are launching the Northwest Indiana Teachers Scholarship. The partners say the new scholarship will offer full tuition for students who participate in the Transition to Teaching program at Calumet College of St. Joseph.... Read More
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
