Indiana § 21-26-1-4 - "Metropolitan university"
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§ 21-26-1-4. "Metropolitan university"
Sec. 4. "Metropolitan university" means public facilities, faculty, and other personnel:
(1) operating primarily in a city that is classified as a second class city under IC 36-4-1-1;
(2) that were managed by Purdue University on January 1, 2015;
(3) serving a diverse student body including both recent high school graduates and adults, many of whom are first generation students, low income students, or other students balancing their education with work and family obligations;
(4) providing students with an opportunity to engage in an educational course of study that leads to a postsecondary educational degree from Purdue University;
(5) administered as a campus that emphasizes the significance and complementarity of the campus to the main campus of Purdue University at West Lafayette, Indiana; and
(6) endowed with the resources and authority, necessary or appropriate, to carry out all of higher education's traditional values in teaching, research, and professional service, and, in addition, to provide leadership to a metropolitan region by using its human resources and financial resources to improve the region's quality of life.
As added by P.L.213-2015, SEC.238. Amended by P.L.81-2019, SEC.13.
IC 21-26-2Chapter 2. Calumet Region Campus Advisory Board
21-26-2-1Advisory board; establishment 21-26-2-2Name of advisory board 21-26-2-3Advisory board; membership 21-26-2-4Advisory board; terms 21-26-2-5Advisory board; capacity 21-26-2-6Board; election of president 21-26-2-7Secretary; duties 21-26-2-8Board; meetings; recommendations 21-26-2-9Board; call of meetings 21-26-2-10Board; quorum 21-26-2-11Budget recommendations 21-26-2-12Budget recommendations; Calumet regional campus
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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