Will Purdue University Calumet and Indiana University Northwest soon be one entity? Will we see the creation of an IUPUNWI in the near future?

The Northwest Indiana Times reports the Indiana Commission for Higher Education is looking at merging the two state universities’ branches located in the Calumet South Shore Region. A PDF of the ICHE’s report Reaching Higher: Strategic Directions For Higher Education In Indiana is available.

The study, “Reaching Higher Strategic Directions for Higher Education in Indiana,” is “not an official recommendation or proposal of the commission,” (Jeffrey) Spalding (senior associate commissioner) said.

“It was presented as an example of how to illustrate the concept and how to get more for your dollar through more coordination. Thinking outside the box how you can make the system better.”

I’m curious to see if Purdue Prof. Maurice Eisenstein posts any thoughts on the proposal to merge IUN and PUC on his Northwest Indiana Comical Politics blog.

IUN and PUC work well from what I’ve seen at the Merrillville Academic Learning Center, so merging the two universities may be a way of strengthening both.

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