Indiana Secretary of Education Katie Jenner, who leads K-12 education, will also oversee the state’s colleges and universities beginning this fall.

The same person overseeing the state’s college and university system along with its K-12 schools is part of a state government streamlining effort by Gov. Mike Braun.

More than 400 programs will be changed next year. It will impact about 4 percent of graduates in Indiana, or 3,300 each year.  

Indiana’s college enrollment rate has fallen to its lowest level on record, prompting new debate over education policy and workforce preparedness.

A U.S. District Court judge in Indianapolis dismissed a lawsuit challenging a controversial new state law that university professors say violates their constitutional rights.

Indiana’s universities are raising the alarm of the state’s overhaul of high school diplomas, with some warning students won't be prepared for higher education or other post-graduate options.

Purdue University’s president says proposed changes to high school diplomas do not meet the school’s admission standards.

Indiana made modest improvements for several years, and the rate is now 7 percentage points higher than it was five years ago.

Fewer Indiana high school seniors completed the Free Application for Federal Student Aid — or FAFSA — this past school year than state leaders hoped. That’s mostly because of delays and glitches in the national rollout of a new form that made it harder for some students and families to complete the FAFSA.

Indiana's college-going rate has remained stubbornly low for three years despite attempts by state leaders to revive it.