All levels of schooling take hit because of Indiana budget woes

  Indiana's financial shortfall has hit the education sector. Gov. Daniels has sent the message to the state's education leader, that K-12 must cut $300 million from the state's funding because of a $1.8 billion dollar shortfall in revenue.
  He has asked for school corporations through out the state to find ways to reduce their financial output with out laying off teachers or increasing class sizes. His suggestions are things such as freezing wages and diminishing benefits.
  History has shown that the arts and sports are usually the first programs to be hit during financial hardships. The outlook now is no different, as history tends to repeat itself.
  Gov. Daniels has also hit the college levels of education by reducing state funding their as well. The hits, at this point, are not geared towards financial aid at the state level, but general operating funds that colleges receive from the state.
  It has been suggested, that colleges look into reductions in staff and faculty benefit reductions and sports. In the sports area of the conversation, it is suggested that colleges look into sports revenue and eliminate sports programs that bring in less money than it costs to run the programs. For Indiana colleges and universities, that would seem to be everything but football and basketball ( maybe baseball). They are considering the lesser sports at some colleges. Things such as tennis, are considered in the lesser category.
  One suggestion in Indy Star's comment section (http://www.indystar.com/article/20091216/NEWS04/912160357/1013/Universities-might-cut-sports-majors) was directed towards Indiana State University. “If ISU drops Football, they can then drop the female sports that were required because of Title IX. What a waste of taxpayer dollars. If you're playing sports at ISU, you're never going to do it as a career, so why as a taxpayer should I fund something to continue the "glory days" of these people.”
  Seven colleges and universities were told by the Governor's office that they need to find ways to cut the financial spend out. They are, Indiana, Purdue, Ivy Tech, Indiana State, Ball State, Vincennes and Southern Indiana.
  Colleges have already started looking into cuts. Last year, Vincennes had already cut the swimming program, and IU had lowered their courses from 214 to 150, eliminating or revising low turnout classes. Ivy Tech Community College is in a unique position. Because of rising tuition at other universities and the economic bust that has led people to further education, their enrollment has swelled to a historic 110,000 enrolled. They are looking to make their cuts in benefits packages, fuel and IT budgets.