Ball State declined in January to renew the charter for the school, citing management issues and failures to comply with state and federal laws.

Former University president Paul Ferguson resigned Jan. 25 after 17 months in office. The school's board of trustees came under fire over a lack of transparency following Ferguson's departure. Trustees say the forums are an effort to engage the community and campus.

While the country has rallied around ugly brown lead-tainted water in Flint, Michigan, Lee Florea has led Hoosier students along Indiana river and creek-banks to show them that water quality issues aren't always that easy to see.

A closed-door meeting was held at Ball State University in an effort to ward off a vote of no confidence in the board of trustees before the search for a new president begins.

The "resolution of dissatisfaction and a request for reforms" was prompted by the departure of former university president Paul Ferguson after only 17 months in office.

A Ball State study finds that use of tax increment funding is diverting hundreds of millions of dollars away from the local governments that use.

Last year, Ball State economist Michael Hicks predicted the U.S. would grow its gross domestic product - or GDP - by around 2.7 percent. So did everyone else. In reality, GDP grew by 2.2 percent. For 2016, other forecasts show a growth from 2.5 to 2.75 percent. Not Hick's. He's predicting growth in 2016 at 2.2 percent.

A group of Ball State University graduate students in the Center for Emerging Media Design and Development is taking a new look at gender - with mannequins, clothing and signs.

Ball State economist Michael Hicks says confirming a teacher shortage in any state depends on what numbers you use.

Muncie could be getting a regional food hub that would supply food from Indiana farms to retail, wholesale and institutional markets, such as restaurants, schools, hospitals or universities.