Education

Indiana University will Thursday inaugurate Pamela Whitten as its 19th president. Whitten was named the university's first female president in April and officially began her new role in July.... Read More

Fall enrollment at Indiana's public colleges has declined again statewide, with only Indiana and Purdue universities’ flagship campuses and some Ivy Tech Community College sites reporting gains. The I... Read More

The Indiana Commission for Higher Education has awarded Bloomington-based Regional Opportunity Initiatives an $85,000 grant from its STEM Teacher Recruitment Fund. Vice President Michi McClaine says ROI will use the funding to enhance its STEM Fellows program to include middle school teachers. ROI plans to extend the program to focus on middle school STEM in the fall of […]... Read More

The Metropolitan School District of Wayne Township on the far west side of Indianapolis is celebrating the opening of a new high-tech learning facility. Located inside Ben Davis High School, the Veriz... Read More

Franklin College will Saturday celebrate the inauguration of its 17th president, Kerry Prather, with a series of events. Prather was appointed acting president in January 2020 and president one month... Read More

The Indianapolis Public Schools Board of Commissioners approved a raise for teachers Thursday evening. The new two-year collective bargaining agreement includes a roughly 3% increase in pay for the cu... Read More

Purdue University is included in the inaugural list of "Brands That Matter" from Fast Company. The list recognizes nearly 100 companies and nonprofits "that give people compelling reasons to care abou... Read More

Officials in Jeffersonville will Wednesday cut the ribbon on the River Ridge Learning Center - Early Learning Academy. One Southern Indiana, the economic development organization and chamber of commer... Read More

An engineering and technology teacher at East Tipp Middle School in the Tippecanoe School Corp. has been named the 2022 Indiana Teacher of the Year. Sharita Ware has 10 years of experience in the clas... Read More

The Henry Haller Jr. Foundation has donated $750,000 to endow a professorship to support cancer biology research efforts from the Center for Cancer Research and the College of Science at Purdue Univer... Read More

Greater Lafayette Commerce has unveiled a digital tool to educate K-12 students about careers in the manufacturing sector. The organization is partnering with West Lafayette-based Skyepack Inc. to dev... Read More

Employees of an Ohio steel company will have access to educational opportunities and more professional development through an agreement with Trine University. Trine says North Star BlueScope Steel wil... Read More

The University of Southern Indiana Foundation has received a $2 million gift for the establishment of a fund to support and develop music programs at USI. The gift comes from Philip Hagerman, an award... Read More

Earlham College has launched a program that allows certain, low-income students to attend the liberal arts school without paying tuition. Through the Inspire Earlham program, students must come from a... Read More

The University of Evansville is the recipient of an over $3.5 million gift from the John B. and Lucille S. Kelly Trust. The university says the funding will support the Lucy Kelly Nursing Scholarship,... Read More

Indianapolis-based Invoke Learning says it has raised a round of seed funding, including investments from Indy-based Elevate Ventures and several angel investors. The company is not disclosing how muc... Read More

The Lilly Library on Indiana University's Bloomington campus has established the Merriam-Webster Archive. The university says the archive was created from business correspondence recently acquired as... Read More

Several Indiana colleges and universities are included in the 2022 College & University Rankings from WalletHub. The personal finance website compiled the list by comparing more than 1,000 institution... Read More

Fort Wayne-based Blue Jacket has formed a new agreement with Trine University to provide its clients and employees a path to graduate college. The nonprofit operates a two-week Career Academy designed... Read More

An association of Indiana school administrators has named David Clendening Indiana Superintendent of the Year for 2022. Clendening has served Franklin Community School Corp. since 2009.... Read More