Purdue Polytechnic’s Diversity Advisory Council convened to determine high-level goals for the college, and achievable benchmarks by which the group can measure progress in the years to come.
competency-based education
Computer graphics programs climb national rankings in animation, game design, UX
Purdue Polytechnic's computer graphics technology department has climbed the ranks of both Animation Career Review and the Princeton Review for 2024. Students and faculty leaders say this is due to adoption of new technology, innovative teaching, and frequent mentorship and encouragement.
Purdue Polytechnic High School opening new Indianapolis branch for 2024
Purdue Polytechnic’s network of charter schools will gain a new branch for the upcoming academic year as the system expands into Pike Township. This is the Purdue Polytechnic High School’s (PPHS) fourth campus, and the third in the Indianapolis metropolitan area.
Nathan Hartman ‘shaping technology education’ as influential NC State alumnus
Nathan Hartman is an active promoter of innovative problem-solving in the classroom, the research lab and in the wider world of industry, as his alma mater North Carolina State recently recounted.
High schoolers jump-start a career in flight with help from Polytechnic Indianapolis, others
More and more high schoolers are looking to become productive, tech-savvy workers in a fast time frame. Events like the Purdue Polytechnic Indianapolis-sponsored Aviation Community Day can help get these students onto that fast-track, much to the aviation industry's benefit.
Google News Lab University partnership to benefit transdisciplinary studies
Google News Lab University will soon be utilized by Purdue Polytechnic's transdisciplinary studies in technology program as part of a new partnership with the Purdue Data Storytelling Network.
Competency-based degree program highlighted by Inside INdiana Business Television
The Purdue Polytechnic Institute's new transdisciplinary studies in technology program, the University's first competency-based degree, was featured on Inside INdiana Business Television.
Purdue Polytechnic to offer university's first competency-based degree
Purdue Polytechnic Institute’s competency-based education program has cleared its final hurdle, becoming the first baccalaureate program of its kind in the nation.
'Priming the pipeline' with Indy high school
Self-directed learning motivates Polytech student
"I was given work that I had no idea how to do," first-year student Peter Starr candidly admitted to 150 faculty and staff. "After a while, I realized that was the whole point. It forced me to go to [my professors] to ask good questions [and] to learn on my own."
Starr described his experiences in the new competency-based education program at the College of Technology Dean's Forum on October 31.