Tribune-Star: College leaders tout economic impact of higher education in the Wabash Valley
Posted on: 09/28
By Sue Loughlin
The Tribune-Star
TERRE HAUTE — With their combined workforce, payroll and enrollments, Vigo County’s higher education institutions have a major impact on the local economy, college officials said Wednesday.
“We don’t bill ourselves as a college town, but we certainly should,” said David Behrs, president of St. Mary-of-the-Woods College.
Behrs and other Vigo County higher education leaders took part in a panel discussion during the fall meeting of the Indiana Associated Press Managing Editors at Indiana State University.
They were questioned on such topics as tuition increases, online education and academic preparation of high school graduates.
The panelists were Behrs; Dan Bradley, ISU president; Matt Branam, interim president, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; and Jeff Pittman, chancellor, Ivy Tech Community College-Wabash Valley Region.
