Ball State can earn more state money for STEM degrees

MUNCIE -- While Ball State University is not known as a science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) school, it does produce several hundred STEM graduates a year.

That's important because the Indiana Commission for Higher Education (ICHE) is including "high-impact degrees in STEM-related fields that are aligned to state economic development needs" in its new performance-based funding policy for higher education.