The University of Notre Dame will inaugurate Rev. Robert Dowd as the school’s 18th president Friday at the Purcell Pavilion on the South Bend campus. A Michigan City native, Dowd was elected for the role late last year and took office in June.... Read More
The $25 million Surack-Sweetwater Music Industry Building is being named in recognition of Chuck and Lisa Surack, who the university said have been longtime supporters of the music school and $6 million for the project.... Read More
The Education Scholarship Account and Career Scholarship Account programs have each reached maximum enrollment for the first time ahead of their application deadlines, according to the Indiana treasurer’s office, which administers both programs.... Read More
An expanded facility to train nurses on the campus of Ivy Tech Community College Bloomington welcomed its first students at the beginning of the fall semester. The 4,000-square-foot nursing school expansion nearly doubled the number of training lab beds to 15.... Read More
Grace College opened its Center for Literacy and Learning on Monday. The center focused on the Science of Reading techniques to improve literacy as the state has placed an increased importance on third-grade reading scores.... Read More
The University of Notre Dame is touting new records when it comes to its research funding in the last fiscal year. The university says it submitted 1,310 proposals for external funding totaling just over $1 billion, the first time it has surpassed that mark.... Read More
Earlham College has announced that construction of a new indoor practice and training facility for its baseball and softball teams is now complete. The Bud McCollum-Earlham College Baseball Hitting and Pitching Lab measures 80 by 104 feet and features...... Read More
The University of Evansville and Vincennes University have expanded their Guaranteed Admission Agreement established in 2022. The universities said this week that the move broadens the pathway for VU students to seamlessly transition to UE.... Read More
Marian University on Friday announced a $150 million campaign to raise funds for its health sciences programs—an effort aimed at increasing enrollment from 162 to 185 students per class in its College of Osteopathic Medicine.... Read More
Rural education and workforce organizations have concerns about the Indiana DOE's proposed high school diploma requirements on work-based learning. Transportation and the amount of businesses willing to participate are chief among them.... Read More
The latest attendance numbers released by the Indiana Department of Education last month reported that 17.8% of K-12 students—roughly 219,00 kids—were “chronically absent” during the most recent 2023-24 school year, meaning they missed at least 18 days.... Read More
Purdue University has received a nearly $35 million grant—its sixth largest federal grant ever—to continue a program that helps K-12 students prepare for college and careers.... Read More
The Indiana Department of Education on Wednesday announced the three finalists for the 2025 Indiana Teacher of the Year award. The winning teacher is expected to be announced at the end of the month.... Read More
Indiana’s Education Scholarship Accounts—meant to help students who require special education services—have reached full enrollment for the first time since the program went live in 2022, according to the Office of the Indiana State Treasurer.... Read More
The Elkhart Area Career Center recently launched its surgical technology facility to address a growing need for sterile processing and surgical technology professionals in the region. The new facility also fulfills EACC’s desire to expand the possibility for ...... Read More
As chancellor of Ivy Tech Community College South Bend-Elkhart, Patrick Englert oversees almost 150 employees and over 12,000 students across two campuses serving undergraduates from Marshall, Elkhart and St. Joseph counties with 51 academic programs ...... Read More
As part of its broader initiative to increase instruction on ethics, the University of Notre Dame this week announced it has received a $1 million grant to bolster moral instruction. Notre Dame said the money will be shared between two programs.... Read More
A leading researcher in the neuroscience of addiction has been named the inaugural executive director of the Institute for Human Health and Wellbeing at IU Indianapolis. Stephen Boehm is a professor and chairman of the department of psychology at IU Indy.... Read More
Officials from IU, the city of Bloomington, and not-for-profit startup accelerator The Mill—which manages the Trades District—gathered Thursday to celebrate the grant, which was awarded earlier this month to the IU Foundation.... Read More
The former state public instruction superintendent and running mate Terry Goodin said their platform largely intends to create more flexibility for K-12 administrators and educators to craft curriculum, while still ensuring academic rigor and accountability.... Read More
