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Claire Rafford covers higher education. Email her at claire.rafford@mirrorindy.org

Posted inIndianapolis

Ivy Tech will close Lawrence location and invest more near downtown

By Claire Rafford, Mirror IndyOctober 18, 2024November 15, 2024

Ivy Tech’s health care programs are relocating closer to downtown hospitals.

Posted inIndianapolis

Sharing campus life with students who have intellectual disabilities

By Claire Rafford, Mirror IndyOctober 17, 2024October 17, 2024

Students are taking classes, working and getting a taste of college life.

Posted inIndianapolis

Indy’s lost Black neighborhood: How IUPUI displaced thousands

By Claire Rafford, Mirror IndyOctober 1, 2024October 7, 2024

In the 1960s, Indiana University began to acquire about 300 acres of land to found IUPUI.

Posted inIndianapolis

Many students intend to go to college but never enroll. IPS has a plan to help.

By Claire Rafford, Mirror IndyJuly 30, 2024July 30, 2024

‘Summer melt’ is when a high school senior is accepted into college but never enrolls.

Posted inIndianapolis

The encampment at IU Indy is still going, but maybe not for long

By Claire Rafford, Mirror IndyJuly 28, 2024July 29, 2024

Members of the encampment feel targeted by a potential new university policy.

Posted inIndianapolis

Martin University reentry job fair offers second chance at life

By Claire Rafford, Mirror IndyJuly 26, 2024July 26, 2024

Formerly incarcerated people say they served their time and now just want an opportunity.

Posted inIndianapolis

IUPUI displaced Black people. Alumna’s photography shows what was lost

By Claire Rafford, Mirror IndyJuly 17, 2024July 19, 2024

Zola Lamothe is photographing historic scenes of Black families on IUPUI’s campus.

Posted inIndianapolis

IU Indianapolis launches program to support first-gen college students

By Claire Rafford, Mirror IndyJuly 16, 2024July 16, 2024

Indianapolis Groups Scholars will begin June 2025.

Posted inIndianapolis

Perry Township students explore college, careers at UIndy

By Claire Rafford, Mirror IndyJune 24, 2024June 25, 2024

Hands-on experience helps ‘break those barriers of college feeling overwhelming,’ Summer Success camp director says.

Posted inIndianapolis

Indiana’s college-going rate remains stuck at generational low

By Claire Rafford, Mirror IndyMay 9, 2024May 10, 2024

Two years after Indiana hit the lowest college-going rate in a generation, not much has changed.

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