Borrowers will be eligible for cancellation if they are enrolled in the new SAVE plan, if they originally borrowed $12,000 or less to attend college, and if they have made at least 10 years of payments.
The gift announced Thursday will go toward a pooled endowment for the 37 historically Black colleges and universities that form UNCF’s membership, with the goal of boosting the schools’ long-term financial stability.
The redesigned form is a product of two bipartisan laws passed three years ago to streamline the application process and increase access to grant and scholarship money.
The recipient colleges and universities in Indiana will help new teachers strengthen their use of methods aligned with the Science of Reading, a vast body of research related to how children learn to read.
The University of Indianapolis is leading a coalition of six Indiana colleges in an $11 million grant-funded program that’s using data analytics to help boost graduation rates.
U.S. Sen. Todd Young, a Republican from Indiana, and U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, a Democrat from Virginia, introduced a bill this month banning accredited institutions from offering preferential treatment to applicants with relationships to alumni or donors. The bill includes protections for faith-based institutions.
Butler is partnering with a national not-for-profit to create a two-year college on its Indianapolis campus—an initiative it says will offer an affordable pathway for historically underserved students who want to pursue higher education.
The new report shows a move in a positive direction for state leaders, who are aiming to increase Indiana’s college attainment after years of declining college-going rates.
A federal antitrust case could force the Indianapolis-based NCAA and the wealthiest conferences to create pro-style revenue sharing of billions of broadcast-rights dollars with football and basketball players.
Representatives from the state’s colleges and universities conceded that rising tuition costs are deterring thousands of students from post-high school educations.
During a forum Thursday hosted by the not-for-profit Indiana Fiscal Policy Institute, officials from IU and Purdue emphasized continuing opportunities for collaboration even as both schools create two independent urban campuses in Indianapolis.
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The major initiative announced Wednesday aims to make higher education more accessible for Indianapolis Public Schools students.
The effort is part of a push to increase college-going in the state, which stagnated at 53% of high school graduates from the class of 2021, and was declining before the COVID-19 pandemic.
Indianapolis-based Lumina Foundation has launched a nearly $3 million effort designed to make it easier for students to apply for and be admitted to college.
Some are even going so far as to hire interior designers and spend $10,000 to beautify their 12 feet by 20 feet of space.
The first shovel of dirt won’t be turned on the $15.4 million terminal and runway project at Purdue University Airport until May, but university officials hope restore commercial passenger service for the first time since 2004.
Colleges across the country are grappling with the same problem, as academic setbacks from the pandemic follow students to campus.
New guidance from the Biden administration on Monday urges colleges to use a range of strategies to promote racial diversity on campus after the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in admissions.
Rob Wynkoop, vice president of auxiliary services at Purdue, said the university has been actively exploring the return of commercial air service to the airport.
