This Sunday financial aid professionals will be volunteering at 40 locations across the state to help students and families complete the application.

College enrollment in Indianapolis is declining.

A new state report found about 53 percent of Indiana high schoolers who graduated in 2021 went straight to college.

School districts and community organizations are receiving the grants to help students apply for financial aid.

Indiana College Core is a part of the Commission’s goal of increasing the college-going rate and college completion.

Commissioner Chris Lowery focused on post-secondary enrollment and completion, and the benefits of a better trained workforce.

Despite lawmakers’ efforts to make changes, Indiana remains one of 10 states that has a state law specifically prohibiting undocumented students from paying in-state tuition at public universities and colleges.

21st Century Scholars assists qualified students with college preparation and financial assistance; only half of these students apply.

Ivy Tech Community College overhauled remedial education over the last decade. Leaders say the changes have helped substantially more students graduate on time.

The Commission for Higher Education described the college-going rate in 2020 as “the lowest rate — and sharpest decline — in at least a generation.”