Higher Education
In 2022, Chalkbeat Indiana is expanding its coverage of higher education. Our reporting will continue to focus on educational equity, examining how Indiana’s higher education systems serve students of color and students from low-income backgrounds. Do you have a story to share? Reach out to MJ Slaby at mslaby@chalkbeat.org.
From Sept. 25 to 29, 36 colleges and universities in the state will have no application fee.
Researchers say CTE programs should be multifaceted, offering students opportunities to explore career paths, connections to employers, and paths to a two-year degree.
Students are thinking about everything from pay to burnout as they prepare for careers in the classroom.
About 400 fewer Indiana high school graduates in the class of 2021 went to college than in the class of 2020.
The law will automatically enroll eligible students into 21st Century Scholars. But students must meet requirements for several years to access Indiana college scholarships.
While most Indiana colleges say they don’t consider race in admissions, the court’s ruling could have a broad impact on higher education in the state.
The new Ivy Tech and Purdue Global partnership will let students transfer and ‘stack’ credit and associate degrees without limits.
Higher education leaders and advocates for the laws stressed that finances are a barrier for students, especially when they don’t know what aid’s available to them.
Anderson Scholar House provides stable housing for single moms who are attending college full time. The concept has proven successful elsewhere. Plus it’s on track to grow, with two locations possible for Indianapolis.
The new law has some exceptions and an expiration date of 10 years, but Indiana officials hope it encourages more students to at least consider higher education.
Legislation to auto-enroll eligible students in 21st Century Scholars would mean spending less time trying to enroll students and more time on their success, officials say.
High school seniors would have until April 15 to fill out the form or get a waiver. Advocates said the bill would make completing the form go from happenstance to a conscious decision.
College Goal Sunday event offers in-person FAFSA help around Indiana.
The partnership allows 25 Crispus Attucks High School students to take courses as Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania
Similar proposals have been brought in past legislative sessions without success.
The Ivy Achieves pilot program aims to retain students who are historically underrepresented in college.
Students get “hands-on” experience as a pilot, an engineer, and more.
District leaders said the pathways could be replicated at schools around the state.
Seniors strove to serve their community and take on leadership roles while enduring COVID’s impact on learning.
Some officials want to make it easier for students to get financial aid and other support so they can head straight from high school to college.
Indiana juniors took the SAT as part of graduation requirements for the first time in 2022.
The new Urban College Acceleration Network aims to help schools offer more college level courses to high school students in cities.
As fewer students in Indiana choose paths leading to higher education, Chalkbeat wants to hear about how you made your decision.
Students from Crispus Attucks high school in Indianapolis observe medical professionals at nearby hospitals to start health care careers early.
Indiana spends $3 million a year helping Hoosiers without degrees quickly earn certificates in high-wage fields.
Ivy Tech, which serves about 74,000 students across the state, has made steady gains in completion rates.
College-going rates among high schoolers continue to fall — and not just because of the pandemic, the Indiana Commission for Higher Education said.
More than 400 high school students graduated Tuesday from IPS’ Arsenal Tech.
For the first time, employment rates and median wages after high school will start to factor into how Indiana gauges school performance. But the data isn’t complete.
Colleges should embrace ‘a dramatically different system of learning.’
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