Tensions on U.S. college campuses have been rising since the Israel-Hamas war started more than 100 days ago. That's been playing out locally as Indiana University suspended a professor and canceled a Palestinian artist's exhibit.

Cignetti expects the Hoosiers to make a bold statement in the expanding Big Ten, and he says they can do that by eliminating complacency in the program.

Two new studies from Indiana Universitys Center for Evaluation and Education Policy show many Indiana public schools are seeing lower enrollment. The studies authors say fewer students often equates to decreases in funding.