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University President Geoffrey Mearns says in ending any programs the school thinks are now “unlawful,” some employees will be reassigned.

Michael Hicks leads the Center for Business and Economic Research at Ball State. He said a clear picture of Indiana’s economy won’t be visible until after the first few weeks of Trump’s second presidential term.

The median admissions rate at four-year colleges and universities increased by more than 7 percentage points between 2012 and 2022, according to a new analysis from the American Enterprise Institute.

Purdue University still doesn’t have a climate action plan and is now the only Big Ten school without one.

Some Indiana universities are calling for a revision of the proposed new graduation requirements.

Ball State University joined students at college campuses across the country Wednesday evening as a group of students organized to protest the conflict in Gaza.

The head of Muncie Community Schools, hired to help guide a first-in-the-state partnership between the district and a state university, is retiring.

The bill's supporters characterize higher education in Indiana as an echo chamber, but the petition says it would do “serious harm to cultural diversity efforts in Indiana.” 

Previously unreleased data pulled by the Commission for Higher Education confirm conservative student sentiment is lower, but studies show Indiana ranks higher nationwide for tolerance of conservative speech on campus.

Its author, Sen. Spencer Deery (R-West Lafayette) said his bill will protect tenured professors, although nearly all who spoke last week said it would stifle academic freedom.