Purdue in Indianapolis carries a vision that could transform the future of higher education in Indiana. Mitch Daniels, back at Purdue as Interim President, says Purdue Indianapolis operates as an exact extension of the West Lafayette campus.
Purdue’s Indianapolis Vision
Connecting students directly to internships and jobs in Indianapolis will help keep top graduates in the state, according to Daniels. Purdue is attracting spectacular young talents from all over America, and right now, about one in five takes their first job in Indiana.
Daniels points to growth in artificial intelligence and life sciences as key areas where Purdue can help Indiana compete nationally. The world is being driven swiftly in the direction of high-tech by the artificial intelligence explosion and everything that feeds into it.
Success means several thousand of the brightest young people from Indiana and everywhere else studying at Purdue Indianapolis, with a high percentage taking their first job and eventually putting their roots down in the state, enriching the smarts quotient of Indiana in a measurable way.
Original reporting: 93.1 WIBC (Indianapolis) — read the source article.
