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Mitchell announced a contest celebrating National College Savings Plan Day on May 29. To enter the Faces of 529 Day Contest, participants must upload a photo of their beneficiary with a caption and complete the Faces of 529 Day Contest form at www.collegechoicedirect.com/529day by 11:59 p.m. May 29. One individual will be randomly selected from all eligible entries to win a $529 CollegeChoice 529 account deposit.
Events
• The University of Saint Francis will host a health sciences camp from 8 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. June 8-9 for incoming eighth through 12th graders to encourage careers in the health care industry. It will be held at the Doermer Family Center for Health Science Education, 2701 Spring St. Cost is $50. Scholarships reducing the registration fee are available to those with financial needs. Masks are strongly recommended for campers. Go to go.sf.edu/camps to register. Contact Anne Kirk at 260-399-7700, ext. 8501, or akirk@sf.edu for information.
Fewer grads enrolling in college
Statewide, 59% of class of 19 in post-high school education
ASHLEY SLOBODA | The Journal Gazette
A troubling trend in Indiana has worsened.
After years of steady declines, the percentage of college-bound high school graduates plunged to its lowest point in more than a decade. Of the 2019 graduates, 59% enrolled in education after high school, down from 61% the previous year, according to a recent report by the Indiana Commission for Higher Education.
The college-going rate has been steadily declining since 2015, when it was 65%, the agency said, “but this is the largest drop year-to-year.”
The commission expects the decline will continue in the 2022 Indiana College Readiness Report considering fall 2020 enrollment for two- and four-year public colleges dropped by 13% and 4%, respectively.
Notre Dame breaks ground for new Raclin Murphy Museum of Art
Artists rendering of front entrance plaza.
NOTRE DAME, IN
.-The University of Notre Dame began construction last week on the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art, with a planned completion in fall 2023.
Since its founding, Notre Dame has valued the vital role the visual arts play as an expression of human creativity, religious experience and insight into the human condition, University President Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., said. By bringing the collections currently in the Snite Museum of Art to new life in the Raclin Murphy Museum, we will be able to share these treasures in all their richness with our University community, our neighbors in the region and the wider world.
Credit WFIU/WTIU News
Fewer high school graduates in Indiana are enrolling in college according to a recent report from the Indiana Commission for Higher Education.
The commission says college-going rates in Indiana are at their lowest point in recent history at just 59 percent – that s a drop of 6 percentage points over the past five years. The report s data comes from 2019, so state and school officials say they expect a further decline in next year s report as data begins to reflect the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
College-going rates are even lower specifically among Black, Hispanic and Latino, and low-income high school graduates.
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