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‘Success coaches’ to hit Indiana colleges after budget approval

Sara Wittmeyer

Funding for capitol campus security and post-tornado repairs also approved
Degree completions are top performance goals set for Indiana’s public colleges and universities

Sara Wittmeyer

The state’s higher education commission will used the new goals to determine additional funding for state schools.
Ivy Tech spent years trying to improve rock bottom graduation rates — and it’s working

Sara Wittmeyer

Two-year completion rates at Ivy Tech steadily improved from a dismal 5 percent for students who began in 2012 to 14 percent for the most recent cohort.