Indiana lawmakers are moving forward with a series of contentious Republican-backed bills that they say would increase transparency of K-12 school curricula and restrict students from accessing “harmful materials” at libraries.... Read More
Purdue University Northwest alumnus David Roberts and wife Susan Roberts have donated $3 million for a planned Impact Lab. The university says the Roberts Impact Lab at PNW will be a workspace for entrepreneurship, innovation and education collaboration.... Read More
A project by students at Manchester Junior-Senior High School has been selected for a trip into space as part of NASA’s “TechRise Student Challenge.... Read More
Goshen College will launch a new program in the fall of 2022 that the school says will increase college access and affordability for Indiana students. ... Read More
Franciscan Health Rensselaer is partnering with Appleseed Childhood Education to address the shortage of licensed childcare providers in Jasper County. The Mishawaka-based health system says it is leasing a building on its Rensselaer hospital campus to the nonprofit, which will use it to open a licensed early learning center.... Read More
The state's largest school district has launched an initiative designed to recruit and retain more educators with a focus on diversity. The "Proving What's Possible" initiative features two programs, including an apprenticeship program for teachers and a residency for principals. ... Read More
The South Bend Community School Corporation is in negotiations to sell its six-story headquarters to the city of South Bend for $2.8 million. School district administrators say the building, which was purchased in 2004, has more space than the district needs.... Read More
Ball State University students studying to become K-12 math and art teachers who have financial difficulties will be eligible for new scholarships from the William and Evelyn Stokes Foundation. The Stokes Foundation reached an agreement with the Ball State University Foundation to give $1 million in scholarships over the next four years.... Read More
Several Indiana colleges and universities are included in the 2022 Best Online Programs rankings from U.S. News & World Report. The rankings were split into several categories, including MBA, Business - non-MBA, and Bachelor's.... Read More
A bill that would have continued state control of Gary Community School Corp appears to have stalled in the Indiana General Assembly... Read More
The Indiana Department of Education says the state is seeing a modest increase in enrollment in its public and accredited non-public K-12 schools. The number of students for the 2021-2022 academic year totaled 1.12 million.... Read More
Indiana teachers and others are mounting opposition to a House bill that Republican lawmakers say would increase transparency of school curricula, even after Senate leaders decided to effectively abandon their version of the legislation.... Read More
Western Governors University Indiana Chancellor Alison Bell says the institution was “built for the pandemic,” even though the online school was founded more than two decades before the onset of COVID-19... Read More
The Indiana University School of Medicine has selected Dr. Stephen Strakowski as the inaugural executive director of its new psychiatry center for children and adolescents in Evansville. Strakowski currently serves as vice dean of research and associate vice president for regional mental health at the University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School.... Read More
Manchester University in northern Indiana launched the country's first pharmacogenomics program in 2016 and just five years later, the program has grown tenfold. The master's degree program, which began with just eight students, involves the study of the influence of a person's genetics in how they respond to medications. Dr. David Kisor, director of pharmacogenomics at Manchester, says the program has found global appeal and led to more programs being developed across the country.... Read More
Purdue University Fort Wayne is investing nearly $1 million, including a $500,000 gift from the Don Wood Foundation, to update robotic and manufacturing technology in its school of polytechnic. The university says its a "transformational opportunity" that will help increase its graduates who join the fields of robotics, advanced manufacturing, and machining.... Read More
Purdue University and Indiana University are teaming up in an effort to boost the state's talent pipeline by keeping more graduates in Indiana. The schools have partnered with Ascend Indiana with the goal of connecting students with in-state career opportunities more effectively, as well as... Read More
The Caesars Entertainment Equine Specialty Hospital in Shelbyville, a satellite facility of Purdue University's College of Veterinary Medicine, is installing a specialized CT machine capable of scanning large anatomies. Purdue says the hospital will be one of the first in the country to utilize the large gantry helical CT scanning machine.... Read More
Indiana Wesleyan University has named a new chancellor to lead its online national and global campus. IWU ... Read More
Martin University Board of Trustees members have announced a 10-year contract extension for President Sean Huddleston. He has held the role since March 2019 and is the fifth president in the university's history.... Read More
