Nearly 150 senior university representatives from across the country got a tour of Indianapolis’ Near East Side and the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis campus during a Nov. 16 tour hosted by Innovate Indiana and IUPUI. The officials were in town to attend the 128th annual meeting of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, which… Read more »
Tag: Public Policy
Innovate Indiana's Gard named to leadership role with APLU's economic engagement arm
For the next three years, Innovate Indiana’s David Gard will serve a key leadership role within the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities‘ (APLU) Commission on Innovation, Competitiveness and Economic Prosperity (CICEP). As CICEP’s secretary, Gard will work closely with CICEP’s incoming chair, University of California at San Diego chancellor Pradeep Khosla, in setting and… Read more »
KSM/Kelley School of Business survey: 'Skills gap' continues to take toll on Indiana economy
Angst among Hoosier manufacturers is on the rise, with corporate taxes, environmental regulations and a shortage of skilled workers leading their collective list. Such were the findings of Katz, Sapper & Miller’s annual manufacturing survey released earlier this week, which was conducted in collaboration with IU’s Kelley School of Business. Once more, Indiana’s “skills gap”… Read more »
Innovate Indiana representatives to anchor panel discussion at University Economic Development Association annual summit
The ongoing dialogue in Indiana to reduce a widening gap between the demand for technically skilled workers and the number produced by Indiana colleges and universities is the topic of an IU-led panel discussion at the University Economic Development Association’s annual summit to be held Sept. 27-30 in Anchorage, Alaska. Innovate Indiana’s Rebecca Carl, associate… Read more »
Innovate Indiana, IU Kokomo officials contribute to project that outlines university roles, methods in economic development
A trio of Indiana University officials played integral roles in a recently established framework that defines the roles that colleges and universities play in modern economic development and the methods they can use to better pursue that mission. The two-year project — taken on by the University Economic Development… Read more »
Indiana faces a technical skills 'mismatch' that threatens the state's economy, but a unique conference seeks to chart a new path forward
It is an inescapable fact that Indiana faces a growing gap between the number of jobs that require technical skills and the number of workers who possess them. This reality was made abundantly clear in a recent study by HireUp Indy and TechPoint. It found that computer and information technology (IT) jobs in Indiana grew… Read more »
Forum sponsored by Lilly Endowment to focus on growing demand for Hoosier tech workers
The need for Indiana to produce more technology workers, as well as cultivate a workforce with more specialized knowledge and technical expertise, were among conclusions reached in the recently released Central Indiana Tech Workforce Study. Produced by TechPoint and Hire Up Indy, the report sought to address the misalignment between industry needs and available skills… Read more »
IU professor argues there is no "best" strategy to foster successful economic development
When you think of community economic development, do you immediately think about clusters and the creative class? Everything in Its Place: Entrepreneurship and the Strategic Management of Cities, Regions, and States, a new book by Indiana University professor David Audretsch, argues for a more holistic and systematic approach to thinking about economies of place. Written… Read more »
SPEA grad students study tourism strategy, workforce needs, benefits of IU-based "rural center of excellence" in capstone project
Graduate students with IU’s School of Public and Environmental Affairs culminated a semester-long study of economic challenges in southwest central Indiana with a Tuesday presentation of their findings. Under the direction of visiting lecturer Frank Nierzwicki, students examined the benefits of creating a “rural center of excellence” at Indiana University, created a marketing strategy to… Read more »
American manufacturing struggles are the focus of a new SPEA public policy initiative
Why has the United States lost much of its manufacturing base? What public policy and private sector steps would help industry? Why are some areas of U.S. manufacturing thriving, are others are in decline? These questions are the focus of a new public policy effort launched by the School of Public and Environmental Affairs, with… Read more »