Overview
- The board framed the move as a pause with no final decision on permanent closure and set no date to restart classes.
- Enrollment declined from nearly 1,000 students in 2010 to 223 in fall 2023, according to federal data.
- Recent audits warned of solvency risks, cited additional borrowing and use of restricted funds, and documented a 2022 cyberattack that corrupted university records.
- The private nonprofit lacks an endowment and is seeking community donations to sustain limited operations through December.
- A permanent shutdown would remove Indiana’s only predominantly Black institution, and President Sean L. Huddleston resigned on Nov. 28 after six years.