Geratoni School of Entrepreneurship and Innovation will be a one-year certificate program that starts this fall.

Ivy Tech Community College overhauled remedial education over the last decade. Leaders say the changes have helped substantially more students graduate on time.

While living in Ball State residence halls, the students in a program called NEST will take general education and core classes at Ivy Tech Muncie and one class a semester at Ball State.

Hoosier high schoolers will have the option to finish dual credit credentials for free this summer, through a pandemic-relief funded program being offered for the second year.

According to Ivy Tech, Indiana has 4,300 annual openings for nurses. Nationally, nearly one in five has changed jobs, according to a study from Nursing Solutions, a recruitment firm.

Indy Achieves, a fledgling Indianapolis education initiative, is helping students settle outstanding balances with Ivy Tech Community College.

Starting this fall, nursing students at Ivy Tech can enroll in the Beacon Scholars program, which offers tuition assistance, living stipends and future employment at Beacon facilities.

Ivy Tech has a goal to admit 600 more nursing students each year by 2025.

For years, many Ivy Tech Community College students who wanted to transfer to a four year university have been unable to do so. It was school policy to withhold transcripts to students that owed any money to the college.

Employers across Indianapolis struggle to meet hiring needs, even if they offer higher wages because not enough workers have the credentials needed to land these good jobs.