The Daily Report Card: Budget Committee Greenlights ISU Construction Projects

Kyle Stokes / StateImpact Indiana

Indiana State University in Terre Haute.

State OKs $35 million for Indiana State University construction, renovation – Indiana Economic Digest “The budget committee, which met in Madison, endorsed three separate projects that will upgrade on-campus student housing and put a new roof on Hulman Center.” (indianaeconomicdigest.com)

Study: We May Have Even Fewer Workers – Indiana Chamber of Commerce “A new study tackles an old but growing challenge: paying for higher education.” (indianachamberblogs.com)

Purdue University funding plan emerging – Journal and Courier A wrap-up from the Board of Trustees meeting, at which the chairman of the faculty senate warned against credit creep legislation pushing of “lite degrees.” A trustee concurred, saying, “We are not Western Governors University.” (The Courier-Journal)

The Stanford Education Experiment Could Change Higher Learning Forever – Wired Last fall, anyone and everyone who wanted to take an online course at Stanford got the opportunity. The result has been the “online Woodstock of the digital era” — can the experiment fundamentally change the way colleges approach instruction? (Wired)

How Schools Can Teach Innovation – WSJ “Young Americans learn how to innovate most often despite their schooling—not because of it.” (Wall Street Journal)