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Christel DeHaan built her schools like businesses so they could thrive as nonprofits, helping them survive an inevitable hardship: her recent death.

Slashing taxes sounds like a great idea. Until it isn’t.

“There are few bigger champions of diversity than white, college-educated city-dwellers. Except when it comes to schools. In that regard, we’re far more like suburbanites than we’d care to admit.”

Amid all the chatter surrounding Common Core standards—what education is essential and what is not—I hear a lot about college prep but not enough about prep for life.

“I’m making up for being disqualified the last time I played in Indianapolis,” Agassi said when addressing the audience of about 200.

University of Evansville
1800 Lincoln Ave., Evansville, 800-423-8633, evansville.edu. Enrollment: 2,643. Annual tuition: $30,596. Room and board: $10,460. Degrees offered: associate, bachelor’s, master’s.

Manchester University, 604 E. College Ave., North Manchester, 260-852-5000, manchester.edu. Enrollment: 1,350. Annual tuition: $28,000. Room and board: $9,400. Degrees offered: certificate, associate, bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral.

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, 5500 Wabash Ave., Terre Haute, 812-877-1511, rose-hulman.edu. Enrollment: 2,388. Annual tuition: $40,449. Room and board: $12,057. Degrees offered: bachelor’s, master’s.

Indiana State University, 200 N. Seventh St., Terre Haute, 800-468-6478, indstate.edu. Enrollment: 13,183. Annual tuition: $8,216 (in-state), $18,146 (out-of-state). Room and board: $8,746 and up. Degrees offered: certificate, bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral.

Anderson University, 1100 E. Fifth St., Anderson, 800-428-6414, anderson.edu. Enrollment: 2,442. Annual tuition: $26,770. Room and board: $9,250. Degrees offered: associate, bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral.

Franklin College, 101 Branigin Blvd., Franklin, 800-852-0232, franklincollege.edu. Enrollment: 1,000. Annual tuition: $28,000. Room and board: $8,400. Degree offered: bachelor’s.

Curtis Wilson Primary School & Academy, 7850 S. Emerson Ave., 317-882-8636. Grades: PK–8. Enrollment: 152. ISTEP+ percent passing E/LA and math: 90.6. Annual tuition: $7,700–$9,680.

Presbyterian, Southport Presbyterian Christian School, 7525 McFarland Blvd., 317-534-2929. Grades: PK–6. Enrollment: 256. ISTEP+ percent passing E/LA and math: 79.5. Annual tuition: full-day K, $3,960; grades 1–5, $4,110; grade 6, $4,580.

Hasten Hebrew Academy of Indianapolis, 6602 Hoover Rd., 317-251-1261. Grades: PK–8. Enrollment: 138. ISTEP+ percent passing E/LA and math: 98.2. Annual tuition: full-day K, $9,033; grades 1–4, $11,056; grades 5–8: $11,264.