Morning Bell: College Administration Cost, Bennett Started Education Conversation

Kyle Stokes / StateImpact Indiana

Students walk past the Engineering Fountain on Purdue's campus.

Closer look at college bloat – “That’s not to say that administrative salaries and structure shouldn’t be examined, but critics should consider the increasingly complex higher education environment before concluding that most administrators are worthless.” The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette

Matthew Tully: State schools chief Tony Bennett got Hoosiers talking about education – “Because while Bennett has taken plenty of grief for his barnstorming one term as the state’s education boss, it’s important to note for the record that he isn’t the evil, anti-public education plotter his detractors have portrayed him to be.” Indianapolis Star

Indiana’s grading curve runs uphill for high-poverty schools – “In Indiana’s wealthiest school districts, most if not all the schools get As. Most of the schools with Fs are clustered in urban districts with high poverty, especially Indianapolis, Gary, Hammond, Evansville and South Bend.” School Matters

Hiatts asked BSU for $1.25 million – “Ball State University offered $400,000 to buy the building housing the Hiatt Printing shop, which made a counter offer to sell the property for $1,250,000, according to court documents.” Muncie Star Press