Indiana Commission for Higher Education

Check our database for degrees from Indiana's public colleges and universities that eliminated or suspended due to not meeting the low-enrollment threshold.

Indiana's higher education commission voted Wednesday to merge, consolidate or eliminate approximately 580 degree programs at public universities, part of a state law targeting programs with low enrollment.

Before creating new degrees, Indiana’s public colleges and universities will have to explain to the state how they will promote American values.

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.