The Institute For Higher Education Policy Out With….

a report looking at Indiana students and efforts to improve college access for those students. This is a good read.

They say that in 2004 only 62% Indiana High School grads went to college which is up from only 50% in 1990.

Indiana has the Core 40 diploma requirement which the state say you need in order to do well in college. The requirement includes four years of English, three years of math, three years of science, foreign language, and other classes.

The reports gets into the 21st Century Scholars Program that gives students from low income families the ability to go to college tuition free. The program is set at 185% of poverty level, around 37 grand for a family of four, which I say too low.

They also show six-year college graduation rates which look very poor at some colleges.