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Nov
17
Slow Growth For NWI
Filed Under economy, Indiana University Northwest | 3 Comments
The economic forecast for Northwest Indiana is slow growth, according to Indiana University Northwest economics professor Don Coffin.
The bad news is that the Northwest Indiana area has been and will remain a region of slow growth in employment, income and population …
Its average annual income lags behind other parts of the state and nation with most of its job growth in low paying, service industries.
What we need to do to spur economic growth is to fix the educational system in the urban core and work harder to attract more white collar jobs to the area that currently go to places such as the Northwest Suburbs of Chicago.
Also, political corruption needs to be rooted out as it keeps businesses from locating in the northern parts of the county. Government waste means high taxes.
I predict Gary could make a huge come back sometime in the near future if city leaders can figure out ways to show businesses they are serious about addressing crime and educational problems.
Nov
6
Is A Merger of PUC & IUN In The Works?
Filed Under higher education, Indiana University Northwest, Purdue University Calumet | Comments Off
Will Purdue University Calumet and Indiana University Northwest soon be one entity? Will we see the creation of an IUPUNWI in the near future?
The Northwest Indiana Times reports the Indiana Commission for Higher Education is looking at merging the two state universities’ branches located in the Calumet South Shore Region. A PDF of the ICHE’s report Reaching Higher: Strategic Directions For Higher Education In Indiana is available.
The study, “Reaching Higher Strategic Directions for Higher Education in Indiana,” is “not an official recommendation or proposal of the commission,” (Jeffrey) Spalding (senior associate commissioner) said.
“It was presented as an example of how to illustrate the concept and how to get more for your dollar through more coordination. Thinking outside the box how you can make the system better.”
I’m curious to see if Purdue Prof. Maurice Eisenstein posts any thoughts on the proposal to merge IUN and PUC on his Northwest Indiana Comical Politics blog.
IUN and PUC work well from what I’ve seen at the Merrillville Academic Learning Center, so merging the two universities may be a way of strengthening both.
