Why IPFW Feels Like Purdue’s ‘Stepchild’
A prominent Fort Wayne-area state lawmaker repeated his charge Tuesday that IPFW is “treated like a stepchild” by its administrative masters at Purdue University.
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September 5, 2012
September 4, 2012
Why Your College Major Matters When You Lose Your Job
As we’ve written, college graduates were more likely to keep their jobs during the recession than workers with less education. Now the latest report from the Indiana Business Research Center offers a glimpse at which degrees offered the most protection from unemployment. Graduates with degrees in architecture, industrial arts and engineering had a much higher [...]
Why Your College Major Matters When You Lose Your Job
As we’ve written, college graduates were more likely to keep their jobs during the recession than workers with less education. Now the latest report from the Indiana Business Research Center offers a glimpse at which degrees offered the most protection from unemployment. Graduates with degrees in architecture, industrial arts and engineering had a much higher [...]
August 9, 2012
As Tuition Increased, So Did Grant Aid
Tuition at many colleges has more than doubled in the last decade — but so has financial aid from grants and scholarships students don’t have to pay back. A graph from Planet Money shows the average student receives about $7,000 in grant money, an increase of more than 50 percent since 2001. There’s also a [...]
As Tuition Increased, So Did Grant Aid
Tuition at many colleges has more than doubled in the last decade — but so has financial aid from grants and scholarships students don’t have to pay back. A graph from Planet Money shows the average student receives about $7,000 in grant money, an increase of more than 50 percent since 2001. There’s also a [...]
August 8, 2012
How Indiana’s Performance Funding Formula Stacks Up Against Other States
Funding cuts have states rethinking how they distribute a limited pool of higher education dollars, writes Kysie Miao for the Center for American Progress: States have commonly allocated funds on the basis of enrollment, a process that reinforces their commitment to college accessibility and ensures a relatively equitable distribution of per-student spending across institutions. Enrollment, however, [...]
How Indiana’s Performance Funding Formula Stacks Up Against Other States
Funding cuts have states rethinking how they distribute a limited pool of higher education dollars, writes Kysie Miao for the Center for American Progress: States have commonly allocated funds on the basis of enrollment, a process that reinforces their commitment to college accessibility and ensures a relatively equitable distribution of per-student spending across institutions. Enrollment, however, [...]
July 16, 2012
Donations Neared $300 Million In France Córdova’s Final Year As Purdue President
And the wait begins. On Sunday, France A. Córdova stepped down as president of Purdue University, though it will be another six months before Mitch Daniels finishes his term as governor and takes office. Provost Tim Sands will lead the university in the interim. Córdova announced last year that she would leave the university at [...]
Donations Neared $300 Million In France Córdova’s Final Year As Purdue President
And the wait begins. On Sunday, France A. Córdova stepped down as president of Purdue University, though it will be another six months before Mitch Daniels finishes his term as governor and takes office. Provost Tim Sands will lead the university in the interim. Córdova announced last year that she would leave the university at [...]
June 29, 2012
Purdue Trustees Say Donors Support Gov. Daniels, Even After Former Dean Pulls Gift
Donations are up since Purdue announced Gov. Mitch Daniels would become the university’s next president, Board of Trustees Chairman Keith Krach told The Lafayette Journal and Courier: We are getting a positive reaction of 10 to one. I’ve seen a lot of emails and messages back and forth from huge donors willing to step up. [...]
Purdue Trustees Say Donors Support Gov. Daniels, Even After Former Dean Pulls Gift
Donations are up since Purdue announced Gov. Mitch Daniels would become the university’s next president, Board of Trustees Chairman Keith Krach told The Lafayette Journal and Courier: We are getting a positive reaction of 10 to one. I’ve seen a lot of emails and messages back and forth from huge donors willing to step up. [...]
June 27, 2012
Daniels Will Have To Win Over Purdue’s Faculty, Who Wanted An Academic
Trustee Michael Birck says when the news leaked that Gov. Mitch Daniels was headed to Purdue, the alumni response was tremendous. “I was thoroughly amazed and exceptionally pleased at how many alumni contacted me by email saying, ‘We hope this is true. This is our candidate,’” says Birck, who has has a degree from Purdue [...]
Daniels Will Have To Win Over Purdue’s Faculty, Who Wanted An Academic
Trustee Michael Birck says when the news leaked that Gov. Mitch Daniels was headed to Purdue, the alumni response was tremendous. “I was thoroughly amazed and exceptionally pleased at how many alumni contacted me by email saying, ‘We hope this is true. This is our candidate,’” says Birck, who has has a degree from Purdue [...]
June 20, 2012
Capitol Connection: Political Figures Who Switched To Academia (And Vice Versa)
A photo gallery of ten big names who made the leap from politics to academia — or the other way around.
Capitol Connection: Political Figures Who Switched To Academia (And Vice Versa)
A photo gallery of ten big names who made the leap from politics to academia — or the other way around.
June 14, 2012
How The Costs Of Indiana Colleges Rank Against Their Peers
Six Indiana colleges appeared on lists released Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Education that rank higher education institutions based on affordability.
How The Costs Of Indiana Colleges Rank Against Their Peers
Six Indiana colleges appeared on lists released Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Education that rank higher education institutions based on affordability.
June 1, 2012
Want More Students To Graduate? Don’t Tell Them To Go To College, Bennett Says
State Superintendent Tony Bennett was in Greenfield this week discussing drop out rates with the Hancock County Graduation Task Force. His message? Not all students go to college, so stop teaching like they will. Bennett’s remarks echo what Washington Post columnist Robert J. Sampson wrote earlier this week about the usefulness of a college degree: [...]
Want More Students To Graduate? Don’t Tell Them To Go To College, Bennett Says
State Superintendent Tony Bennett was in Greenfield this week discussing drop out rates with the Hancock County Graduation Task Force. His message? Not all students go to college, so stop teaching like they will. Bennett’s remarks echo what Washington Post columnist Robert J. Sampson wrote earlier this week about the usefulness of a college degree: [...]