March 26, 2024
FAFSA glitches leave students, colleges without crucial financial information
Problems with the rollout of a new form has prevented many colleges from offering financial aid packages and left students confused about how much aid they're eligible to receive as important deadlines roll by.
Read MoreMarch 26, 2024
Hazing incidents to be public under new Indiana law
The law requires public universities and colleges to release information about proven acts of hazing on their websites.
Read MoreMarch 26, 2024
Indiana is expanding college access, but are students actually prepared to earn a degree?
Higher education officials and school districts have pushed to boost college enrollment, including through an automatic admissions program between Indianapolis Public Schools and IU Indianapolis.
Read MoreMarch 25, 2024
Indiana wants to know why young people are skipping college
About half of Indiana high school graduates head to college, a significant decline over the last 15 years.
Read MoreMarch 25, 2024
New law, prompted by WFYI investigation, tightens rules for student seclusion
A new Indiana law was promoted by a WFYI investigation that found that some schools aren’t accurately reporting how often they forcibly isolate and restrain students.
Read MoreMarch 23, 2024
Financial aid may soon cover automotive courses for people in Indiana prisons
In 2020 Congress passed a law to lift the 26-year-old ban on people in prison from having access to federal Pell Grants.
Read MoreMarch 21, 2024
Free training on science of reading, literacy endorsement available to Indiana teachers
Indiana teachers will be able to earn a literacy endorsement through a free professional development course offered by the Indiana Department of Education. Educators who complete the course will also receive a $1,200 stipend for their time.
Read MoreMarch 20, 2024
City-County Council to vote if charter school opens in Washington Township as opposition grows
After months of controversy, an all-girls charter school is one step closer to opening in Washington Township.
Read MoreMarch 18, 2024
Third Purdue Polytechnic school in Indianapolis delays opening
The opening of a third Purdue Polytechnic High School in Indianapolis is being delayed again — now until 2025. It is one of three schools that Education One, the charter school authorizing arm of Trine University in Angola, approved to open in Indianapolis in the next few years.
Read MoreMarch 13, 2024
Community college can be a gateway to a 4-year degree. But Indiana has one of the worst success rates in the nation.
Fewer than one in 10 Indiana students who enroll in community college go on to earn degrees from four-year institutions.
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