The Education Services Cluster in Columbus, Indiana

Columbus, located within southeastern Indiana, is a leading region in education, workforce development, and knowledge creation services.

Consider a few of these facts:

• The ten regional counties surrounding Columbus have collectively developed a true regional learning system to support the workforce and educational needs of the advanced manufacturing and healthcare industry clusters.

   

  

   

  Recent investments in the system include:
  

  • $16 million by Columbus community for learning system program improvements (including $5.85 million grant from Lilly Endowment)
    

  • $25 million for Columbus Learning Center (plus 20-year annual operating budget for facility)
    

  • $2.5 million for workforce development managed by Region 9 (advanced manufacturing, embedded systems, supervision, and nursing)
    

  • $2 million for Dream It Do It state-wide initiative (a portion of which will flow through Region 9)
    

  • $2 million annually for bachelors and masters degrees programs (MBA and Engineering)

   

• Columbus is within 1 hour of both Indiana University and Purdue University, two of the top-rated research universities in the United States.

   

• The region was the first Indiana to put into place the National Manufacturers Association's Dream It Do It Advanced Manufacturing Attraction and Awareness Program.  The initiative is an comprehensive approach for developing a qualified pipeline of talent to fuel the industry's future growth.
  
  
  

The objective of the Learning System is to bring together our region’s education and workforce system which includes:

• 23 Public High Schools and 4 Private High Schools

• 4 Ivy Tech Community College Sites

• 3 Four-year Programs (IUPUC, Purdue University, Hanover College)

• 10 Learning Centers

• 6 Work One Sites

• 3 Career Technical Education Districts

Regional Learning System 
Southeast Indiana offers a variety of training, education, and career counseling options and locations. They include secondary, post secondary opportunities, career technical centers, Work One centers, and community learning centers. They are:

School Corporations:

• Bartholomew County Consolidated School Corporation

• Batesville Community School Corporation

• Brownstown Central Community School Corporation

• Crothersville Community Schools

• Decatur County Community Schools

• Flatrock-Hawcreek School Corporation

• Franklin Community School Corporation

• Greensburg Community Schools

• Jac-Cen-Del Community School Corporation

• Jennings County Schools

• Lawrenceburg Community School Corporation

• Madison Consolidated Schools

• Medora Community School Corporation

• Milan Community Schools

• Rising Sun-Ohio Co. Community Schools

• Seymour Community Schools

• South Dearborn School Corporation

• South Ripley Community School Corporation

• Southwestern-Jefferson Co. Consolidated

• Sunman-Dearborn Community School Corporation

• Switzerland County School Corporation

Career Technical Centers

• Columbus Area Career Connection

• Southeastern Career Center

• Whitewater Technical Career Center

Post-Secondary Schools

• Hanover College

• Indiana University-Purdue University Columbus

• Indiana Wesleyan College

• Ivy-Tech Community College- Batesville

• Ivy Tech Community College-Columbus

• Ivy Tech Community College- Lawrenceburg

• Ivy Tech Community College-Madison

• Purdue College of Technology
  

Work One Centers

• Columbus

• Greensburg

• Lawrenceburg

• Madison

• North Vernon

• Seymour
  

Adult Basic Education

College Cooperative Southeast

Center for Teaching and Learning

College and Career Exploration Center

Community Education Coalition

Community Learning Centers