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IU, IU Northwest to provide summer tuition discount

GARY | Indiana University has extended its plan to significantly reduce undergraduate tuition for summer-semester students for the 2013 sessions in order to provide financial relief to students, promote year-round college attendance, and decrease the time it takes many students to earn a degree.

YOUNG VOICES: Choosing between private, public universities

Here is one of the big questions when picking a college: private or public? Either choice has many advantages, and it is up to the student to decide which college is best for them.

YOUNG VOICES: Colleges' push to excel drives up student debt

As the 2012-2013 school year approaches, I can’t help but wonder where the summer went. I also can’t help but wonder where all the money I made during my summer job went. Oh wait … I remember.

IUN offers new merit scholarship to offset out-of-state tuition

GARY | Illinois residents can now look across the state line at their higher education options without having to worry about paying out-of-state tuition rates. Academic programs from Indiana University Northwest are now accessible to academically eligible Illinois residents thanks to the Ill…

Voters in E.C. House race to decide value of legislative experience

INDIANAPOLIS | Democratic voters in East Chicago, on Hammond's east side and the west side of Gary will decide May 8 whether they want experience or new blood representing them in the 2nd House District.

EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD: Public universities are a public good

Even with the one-day reprieve thanks to April 15 falling on a Sunday this year, the date itself reminds us of one of the two unwelcome and inevitable parts of life — taxes. But as we write the checks, it is important to remember some of the benefits we receive in exchange for this required …

Marion County judge to rule on constitutionality of school vouchers

INDIANAPOLIS | A Marion County judge will decide in the next 30 days whether Indiana's school voucher program is constitutional.

IUN announces summer tuition discount

GARY | Indiana University recently unveiled a plan to significantly reduce undergraduate tuition for summer-semester students in 2012 in order to provide financial relief to students, promote year-round college attendance, and decrease the time it takes many students to earn a degree.

Texting while driving ban, other new laws take effect Friday

INDIANAPOLIS | Text messaging for some Hoosiers may get very expensive starting Friday when a new state law banning texting while driving takes effect.

House panel waters down anti-illegal immigration bill

INDIANAPOLIS | Many of the most controversial provisions of an anti-illegal immigration proposal previously approved by the Indiana Senate were stripped from the legislation Thursday by a House committee.

School vouchers bill headed to full Senate

INDIANAPOLIS | A plan to use state tax money to pay tuition for students attending private schools was approved on a party-line vote Wednesday by an Indiana Senate committee.

Jones breaks with Quinn on tuition waivers

CALUMET CITY | State Rep. Thaddeus Jones, D-Calumet City, is at odds with a budget proposal by Gov. Pat Quinn to do away with legislative scholarships.

House legislation bars illegals from in-state tuition status

INDIANAPOLIS | College students will have to prove they are in the country legally to receive in-state tuition status under legislation approved Monday by the Indiana House, 75-14.