The Indiana State Board of Education has given final approval for an alternative route license intended to grow Indiana's pipeline of special education teachers. The SBOE also approved two special education programs that will provide transition to teaching programs to individuals with a bachelor’s degree that want to become special education teachers.... Read More
The Indianapolis-based TechPoint Foundation for Youth has named the Informatics Diversity-Enhanced Workforce program the recipient of this year's Bridge Builder Award. The program, housed at the Indiana University School of Informatics and Computing at IUPUI, will receive the award next week during the TechPoint Mira Awards.... Read More
The University of Southern Indiana and the Sullivan University College of Pharmacy and Health Services in Louisville have approved a Doctor of Pharmacy pathway agreement. USI says the agreement allows undergraduate students at USI who have completed three years of all prerequisite courses into the Sullivan's PharmD program.... Read More
Purdue University Mitch Daniels updated the board of trustees Friday on what the institution calls a “decade of affordability,” while also announcing salary increases for faculty and staff... Read More
After a decade of service as dean of the Indiana University Kelley School of Business, Idie Kesner has announced she will step down in July ... Read More
Shakamak High School in Jasonville is installing a solar farm that is expected to save the Wabash Valley school more than $1 million over the next 12 years. Our partners at WTHI-TV report the solar farm will be connected to Duke Energy's power grid this weekend.... Read More
Ball State University is celebrating the best single day of fundraising in the school's history, following the results of its fourth annual One Ball State Day. The university says it received more than 7,000 gifts totaling more than $1 million during its 24-hour online fundraising event.... Read More
Independent Colleges of Indiana has selected Kurt Dykstra as the organization’s next president and chief executive officer, succeeding David Wantz ... Read More
The Indiana Department of Education and Governor Eric Holcomb have announced four new members of the 2022 Governor's STEM Team, which honors outstanding high school student accomplishments in science, technology, engineering or math. ... Read More
The Global Village Welcome Center in Indianapolis will receive $500,000 as part of funding secured by Congressman André Carson, 7th District. The cultural center says the funds will support youth programming to help kids learn about cultures from around the world.... Read More
The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology has received its first cryptocurrency gift. Koushik Subramanian, who graduated from Rose-Hulman in 2006 and currently serves on its board of trustees, has gifted the school $50,000 in cryptocurrency that will be used to establish the Subramanian Fund for Advancing Technologies in Digital Assets.... Read More
Purdue University's Agricultural and Biological Engineering AgrAbility Program has received $2.1 million in funding for the National AgrAbility Project. In addition, the university has received $720,000 for the Indiana AgrAbility Project from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and National Institute of Food and Agriculture.... Read More
The University of Notre Dame has signed a memorandum of understanding with St. Edmund’s College of the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. The agreement aims to encourage and support collaboration between faculty, students and administrators, as well as research and outreach.... Read More
The Gary Community School Corporation is reporting a $2 million surplus for 2021 after having a deficit of more than $21 million just four years prior. The district calls the surplus a "watershed moment" that was achieved through multiple strategies.... Read More
Purdue University has joined a program that provides online educational programs to federal government employees and their families. Purdue says the Federal Academic Alliance, which is overseen by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, will offer bachelor’s and master’s degrees, as well as professional certifications and continuing education courses.... Read More
The Ball State University Board of Trustees is advancing a comprehensive revitalization plan for The Village, located just off the Muncie campus. The plan includes a multi-million-dollar performing arts center for university events, as well as as a $100 million mixed-use development that will include a hotel and retail, restaurant, innovation and residential space. ... Read More
Indianapolis Public Schools is launching a State Earn and Learn partnership it says will allow students to get a head start on a career in carpentry. IPS is partnering with Indianapolis-based Pepper Construction and Indiana Kentucky Ohio Regional Council of Carpenters. The district says the partnership will allow students to easily transition to IKORCC’s US DOL Registered Apprenticeship program directly after graduating from high school.... Read More
The Indiana Department of Education is launching the first phase of a new statewide supply and demand educator marketplace. The IDOE says the marketplace will provide data and recruitment tools to support the state's teacher pipeline.... Read More
Indianapolis Public Schools has unveiled a plan it says will provide short-term and long-term support for its staff. The district says the plan is designed to support staff retention through the pandemic and beyond as well as support their mental health and wellness.... Read More
Three Indiana universities are ranked among the 100 best higher education institutions in the country by College Consensus. The portal combines schools’ average rating scores from notable publications, including Forbes, Money, and U.S. News & World Report, among others.... Read More
