The U.S. Department of Education has developed a new smartphone app that it hopes will make the notoriously difficult Free Application For Federal Student Aid a little easier.

RaiseMe launched the idea of micro-scholarships five years ago. More than a dozen Indiana colleges and universities have partnered with the organization to offer prospective students micro-scholarships.

Purdue President Mitch Daniels announced Thursday the school intends to hold tuition levels constant through the 2019-20 academic year on the West Lafayette campus.

Tuition, room, and board at the private college in Richmond, Indiana will cost nearly $57,000 for the 2018-19 school year.

Federal lawmakers continue to fight over the future of DACA, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program that protects immigrants brought into the country illegally as children. The uncertainty is stalling legislation that would make attending college easier for students in Indiana.

Military veterans won’t have certain financial resources counted against them when applying for tuition aid under legislation advanced Tuesday.

Two bills filed in the Indiana General Assembly would give different ways for immigrants who graduate from an Indiana high school to be eligible for in-state tuition.

Indiana lawmakers are discussing whether to a change a 2011 law that prohibits undocumented students from accessing in-state tuition at public colleges.

Resident undergraduate tuition and fee rates, at the Bloomington and Indianapolis campuses will increase by 1.4 percent each of the next two academic years.

According to the school, tuition and fees for a Hoosier resident student will be $9,774.