Education / Workforce

The Indiana Chamber’s education and workforce initiatives promote outstanding talent and a skilled workforce. The goals include increasing the educational attainment of Hoosiers and raising Indiana’s per-capita income. Our Foundation is responsible for key efforts to support those objectives:

School Corporation Size and Student Performance Research

NEW! School corporation size has a direct impact on student achievement. Research commissioned by the Foundation and conducted by the Ball State University Center for Business and Economic Research reveals that more than half of Indiana school corporations are too small to produce the most effective outcomes in student achievement. Learn more about School Corporation Size and Student Outcomes: An Update and Extensions: press release, full report and appendix (January 2024).

Annual Workforce Surveys

16th annual Indiana Chamber statewide employer survey: press release and survey results presentation (October 2023).

15th annual Indiana Chamber statewide employer survey: press release and survey results presentation (October 2022).

Inaugural statewide worker survey from the Indiana Chamber, its Institute for Workforce Excellence and Indiana Chamber Foundation | press release and key findings (December 2021).

School Counseling Research

A series of five school counseling studies, beginning with Indiana School Counseling Research Review, took place in 2014 and 2015. These studies led to a five-year Comprehensive School Counseling Initiative funded by the Lilly Endowment to improve and expand academic, college, career, and social and emotional counseling in Indiana K-12 public and charter schools. A College and Career Readiness Guide is available as a resource for school counselors.

Questions on public policies in the education/workforce development arena? 

Contact: Jason Bearce at (317) 264-6880 or jbearce@indianachamber.com