Ind. Code ch. 21-26-1

Ind. Code § 21-26-1-1 Definitions

Sec. 1. The definitions in this chapter apply throughout this article. [2007 Higher Education Recodification Citation: New.] As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.267.

Ind. Code § 21-26-1-2 "Advisory board"

Sec. 2. "Advisory board" refers to the Indiana University-Purdue University Calumet region campus advisory board established by IC 21-26-2-1. [2007 Higher Education Recodification Citation: New.] As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.267.

Ind. Code § 21-26-1-3 "Calumet regional campuses"

Sec. 3. "Calumet regional campuses" means the regional campuses of Indiana University and Purdue University located in the cities of Hammond, Gary, and East Chicago. [2007 Higher Education Recodification Citation: New.] As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.267.

Ind. Code § 21-26-1-4 "Metropolitan university"

Sec. 4. "Metropolitan university" means public facilities, faculty, and other personnel: (1) operating primarily in a city that is classified as a second class city under IC 36-4-1-1; (2) that were managed by Purdue University on January 1, 2015; (3) serving a diverse student body including both recent high school graduates and adults, many of whom are first generation students, low income students, or other students balancing their education with work and family obligations; (4) providing students with an opportunity to engage in an educational course of study that leads to a postsecondary educational degree from Purdue University; (5) administered as a campus that emphasizes the significance and complementarity of the campus to the main campus of Purdue University at West Lafayette, Indiana; and (6) endowed with the resources and authority, necessary or appropriate, to carry out all of higher education's traditional values in teaching, research, and professional service, and, in addition, to provide leadership to a metropolitan region by using its human resources and financial resources to improve the region's quality of life. As added by P.L.213-2015, SEC.238. Amended by P.L.81-2019, SEC.13.