Special to the Tribune-Star

Terre Haute may lie near Indiana's western border, but business, education and government leaders want state lawmakers to know that the city that bills itself as the “Crossroads of America” is also the “Crossroads of Higher Education.”

Students, faculty and staff from the community's four colleges and universities - Indiana State University, Ivy Tech State College-Wabash Valley, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and St. Mary-of-the-Woods College - will descend on the state capitol today for Vigo County Higher Education Day at the Statehouse.

The institutions have a combined enrollment of more than 20,700 students and employ nearly 3,700 people, with a collective payroll of $146.8 million.

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