Indiana University To Discontinue More Than 100 Academic Programs

Purdue Low-Enrollment Program Cuts Under State Mandate

Purdue University is preparing to cut or merge dozens of bachelor’s and graduate programs that fail to meet state-mandated enrollment thresholds. The move, a response to new Indiana legislation, affects roughly 83 programs across Purdue’s campuses, primarily in fields like literature, microbiology, mathematics, and languages. Under the law, bachelor’s degree programs must average at least 15 graduates over three years, and associate programs at …

Ind. Public Universities “Voluntarily” Ending 19% of Degrees

Ahead of a new law setting a minimum number of graduates for low-enrolled programs, institutions have vowed to cut or merge more than 400 undergraduate and graduate degrees. Indiana’s public higher education institutions plan to eliminate or consolidate over 400 programs, equaling roughly one-fifth of their degree offerings statewide, the Indiana Commission for Higher Education said Monday. The announcement came just before a new state law took …

University of Southern Indiana nixes some degree programs amid statewide purge

The University of Southern Indiana is eliminating three degree programs and suspending another as universities prepare to purge educational offerings.

Indiana public colleges to shed or consolidate over 400 degree programs

The dramatic restructuring comes in response to a statute that aims to end programs that produce low numbers of graduates over a three-year period.

400-plus Indiana degree programs cut, consolidated by schools

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Indiana colleges, universities adjust degree offerings under new state law

IU Indianapolis leaders say the university has already begun adapting to the changing landscape.