IU advances with online education plan
Following IU President Michael McRobbie’s announcement of the IU Online Initiative last September, members of the new Office of Online Education are hosting a town hall meeting Friday for IU faculty and staff.
Following IU President Michael McRobbie’s announcement of the IU Online Initiative last September, members of the new Office of Online Education are hosting a town hall meeting Friday for IU faculty and staff.
The bi-monthly committee and business meeting will now take place throughout the day starting at 8:30 a.m. next Thursday.
Due to decreased state funding for renovation and rehabilitation projects on Bloomington and other IU campuses, the University is currently facing roughly $700 million deferred maintenance for academic facilities.
The University is currently facing roughly $700 million deferred maintenance for academic facilities.
Instructors in the college are reminded of a policy that prohibits the use of “faculty LISTSERVs and emails to promote organization around the proposed student strike.”
Though the most updated statistics report a 58-percent on-time graduation rate for the IU-Bloomington campus for students seeking a four-year degree, IU administration is putting on-time graduation as a top priority.
Alumni of the School of Journalism are officially weighing in on the proposed merger of their alma mater.
The IU School of Public Health has added a new appendix to its school.
There’s no clear consensus with faculty and administration in the telecommunications and communication and culture departments following Provost Lauren Robel’s Feb. 19 announcement regarding their departments’ merger with the School of Journalism.
Pending Board of Trustees approval, current California State University Monterey Bay Provost Kathryn Cruz-Uribe will assume chancellorship at IU-East Richmond, University President Michael McRobbie announced Thursday.
The IU School of Medicine is currently in the process of choosing a new dean, and the selection committee is down to the final six candidates.
The IU School of Medicine is currently in the process of choosing a new dean, and the selection committee has narrowed it down to the final six.
Last week, Provost and Executive Vice President Lauren Robel said in her State of the Campus address that the percentage of minority faculty has grown to 31 percent.However, minorities comprise 18.6 percent of the Bloomington faculty, according to the IU Fact Book.
The work of merging the School of Library and Information Science with the School of Informatics and Computing will come to fruition in July 2013.
Located in Gurgaon, the international gateway office will serve as a home base for activities in India running through IU.
Despite the recent increase in student activism, it is unlikely tuition costs will decrease as a direct result of student protests.
Some are worried Senate Bill 409 could result in new teachers not having to meet the same set of standards to get a license.
Due to a clerical error, the long awaited VOICE report will not be made public this week as originally planned.
Bloomington Faculty Council focuses on issues facing the campus community.
Deans handle budgets, bring in sponsors and make diplomatic trips for the different schools within IU.