Following Purdue and perhaps IU, Ivy Tech to freeze tuition for some students

The freeze would apply to students who are enrolled continuously from term-to-term starting with the fall 2015 semester, and students who enroll in 30-plus credit hours combined for the fall 2015 and spring 2016 terms.

"This is an incentive model for both our non-traditional, part-time students along with those full-time students on a two-year track to graduation," said Ivy Tech President Thomas J. Snyder, who lives in Anderson. "We know students who are continuously enrolled are more likely to complete a credential."

Earlier this week, Indiana Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Luke Kenley, R-Noblesville, put the college's construction plans on hold amid concerns about low and declining enrollment.