Deficit threatens one-fourth of Ivy Tech's sites - THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Mounting budget woes and the need to deal with a $68 million deficit could force Ivy Tech Community College to close up to a quarter of its school sites around Indiana, school officials said. The possible closures and a plan to boost tuition costs by $5 a semester will be considered next week by the school's trustees. "There are only painful solutions because it's the only way to move the needle," Ivy Tech president Tom Snyder told The Indianapolis Star (http://indy.st/15m3jU4 ). Ivy Tech has already consolidated its administration offices, and school officials will conduct a cost-benefit analysis this summer of about 50 of its 72 locations around Indiana. Those sites operate through lease agreements without state support and about 20 could face the ax, said Jeff Terp, Ivy Tech's senior vice president of engagement and institutional efficiency. http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/bc241da50eed40d285bb8cea21a8dde6/IN--Ivy-Tech-Deficit