Articles tagged as: Ball State University
September 22, 2025
ACLU sues Ball State president over firing of employee for Charlie Kirk online post
The ACLU of Indiana has filed a lawsuit against Ball State University's president over the firing of an employee who posted about Charlie Kirk's death on social media.
Read MoreSeptember 18, 2025
Ball State fires employee over Charlie Kirk social media comments
Ball State University has fired an employee after online comments she made about the Charlie Kirk shooting were highlighted by the state’s attorney general.
Read MoreApril 17, 2025
Ball State ends DEI programs to comply with state and federal orders
Ball State University is ending programs focusing on diversity, equity, and inclusion, and changing some language it uses to promote those concepts. As IPR’s Stephanie Wiechmann reports, school officials say it is to comply with state and federal executive orders targeting such programs.
Read MoreDecember 5, 2024
Hoosier Survey shows health care, public safety and school safety are top priorities
Health care, public safety and school safety — those are the issues Hoosiers want the state government to focus on in 2025, according to results from the latest edition of the Hoosier Survey by the Bowen Center for Public Affairs at Ball State University.
Read MoreJuly 18, 2024
Low wages, child care availability push women out of Indiana's workforce, study says
High child care costs and low availability are strongly linked to women’s workforce participation according to new research from Ball State University in the workforce.
Read MoreJuly 3, 2024
Ball State study: Regional Cities Initiative generated $1.6 billion economic impact
Indiana’s Regional Cities Initiative created GDP, population and employment growth in the counties that received its funding.
Read MoreAugust 10, 2023
Indiana’s largest teacher prep program gets revised grade for reading instruction
Ball State’s Teachers College received a revised grade of A for its science of reading instruction from the National Council of Teacher Quality, after the university raised concerns about the council’s initial grade.
Read MoreMarch 14, 2023
Ball State provost to be next Aurora University president
Ball State University’s provost will be the next president of Aurora University.
Read MoreNovember 28, 2022
A majority of Hoosiers support broad abortion rights, despite General Assembly's ban
More than 80 percent of Hoosiers believe an abortion ban should have at least some exceptions. And more than half say abortion should be legal in most cases.
Read MoreNovember 22, 2022
About half of Hoosiers approve of Gov. Eric Holcomb's job performance in latest Hoosier Survey
About half of Hoosiers in a new poll approve of the job Eric Holcomb is doing as governor.
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