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>> COMING UP ON INDIANA
NEWSDESK.
WE'RE AT THE MEDIA SCHOOL ON
THE CAMPUS OF INDIANA
UNIVERSITY AS ACROSS THE
STATE, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF
STUDENTS PREPARE FOR
GRADUATION.
AHEAD, EFFORTS TO REIN IN
STUDENT DEBT SO STUDENTS
DON'T SUFFER OR EVEN DEFAULT
ON THEIR LOANS WHEN THEY
GRADUATE.
>> WE WANT STUDENTS TO
UNDERSTAND THE STUDENT DEBT
AND DO IT IN SUCH A WAY
THAT'S GOING TO KEEP THEM
ENGAGED.
>> THE FIRST CLASS OF
MEDICAL STUDENTS IS
GRADUATING FROM MARIAN
UNIVERSITY.
WHERE THEY CHOOSE GO NEXT
COULD HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON
INDIANA'S PHYSICIAN
SHORTAGE.
>> THINGS ARE GETTING WORSE
BECAUSE WE HAVE AN AGING
POPULATION.
>> AND THE HEADLINE, THE
GOVERNOR WRAPPED UP THE
LEGISLATION.
WHAT HE SIGNED INTO LAW THIS
WEEK.
AND A DEEPER LOOK AT A PIECE
OF LEGISLATION THAT PASSED
WITHOUT MUCH FANFARE.
HAVE THAT AND THE LATEST
NEWS FROM ACROSS THE STATE
RIGHT NOW ON INDIANA
NEWSDESK.
>> WELCOME TO INDIANA
NEWSDESK.
WE LEFT OUR STOOD YOU TO
BRING YOU A SPECIAL
GRADUATION EDITION.
WE COULDN'T HAVE CHOSEN A
BETTER LOCATION THAN NEXT TO
IU'S SAMPLE GATE FROM INSIDE
THE MEDIA SCHOOL.
THIS FIRST PERSON IS A
REALITY YOU MIGHT HAVE FACED
MULTIPLE TIMES.
YOU USUALLY HAVE TO PREPARE
TO WAIT DAYS, WEEKS, OR
SOMETIMES MONTHS.
WIDELY REPORTED THAT THE
COUNTRY IS SUFFERING FROM A
SHORTAGE OF PRIMARY CARE
DOCTORS.
THE PROBLEM IS SEVERE IN THE
HOOSIER STATE.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
DESIGNATED INDIANA AS ONE OF
THE MOST UNDERSERVED STATES
IN THE U.S.
A NUMBER OF FACTORS IS
ACCELERATING THE PROBLEM BUT
THIS YEAR IS THE FIRST
GRADUATING CLASS IN MARIAN,
INDIANA'S MEDICAL SCHOOL IN
INDIANAPOLIS COULD REVERSE
THE TREND.
>> PART OF THE FIRST
GRADUATING CLASS OF MARIAN
UNIVERSITY'S MEDICAL SCHOOL.
>> I ENJOYED ALL THERE IS IN
MEDICINE THROUGHOUT MEDICAL
SCHOOL, PEDIATRICS THROUGH
GERIATRICS, OB, SPORTS
MEDICINE, EMERGENCY
MEDICINE, YOU GET TO DO ALL
THAT AS AN EMERGENCY DOCTOR.
>> THEY'LL RECEIVE FUNDING,
AND OF THOSE, HALF ARE
FOCUSING ON PRIMARY CARE IN
INDIANA.
>> A GREAT PLACE TO PRACTICE
MEDICINE.
I THINK PEOPLE HERE ARE
GENUINE.
I THINK THEY'RE CARING.
>> SHE'S DOING HER RESIDENCY
IN PEDIATRICS AT PEYTON
MANNING CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.
FROM THERE, SHE HOPES TO
STAY IN INDIANA AND CONTINUE
PRACTICING.
>> A STRONG SENSE OF
COMMUNITY AMONGST HOOSIERS.
I DON'T THINK YOU FIND THAT
EVERYWHERE.
>> THIS IS SIGNIFICANT.
A RECENT STUDY FROM THE
THINK TANK ROBERT GRAHAM
CENTER FOUND THAT TO
MAINTAIN THE STATUS QUO,
IPIN WILL NEED MORE THAN 800
ADDITIONAL PRIMARY
PHYSICIANS BY 2030.
>> IT TENDS TO GET WORSE AND
WORSE AND WORSE.
>> INDIANA'S POPULATION IS
AGING AS IT GROWS, PEOPLE
ARE GETTING INSURANCE
THROUGH THE AFFORDABLE CARE
ACT AND THE 2.0.
>> THERE WAS NOT AN AREA IN
INDIANA, CITY, OR TOWN, THAT
DOESN'T HAVE A SHORTAGE.
I'M TALKING ABOUT RIGHT HERE
IN INDIANAPOLIS.
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE YOU
LIVE.
>> INDIANA RANKS INNED THE
RATIO OF PHYSICIANS TO
PATIENTS.
THE STAIDWIDE AVERAGE IS
MORE THAN 1500 TO ONE.
BUT THE PROBLEM IS
EXACERBATED IN RURAL AREAS.
NEWTON AND WARREN COUNTY
HAVE THE HIGHEST PRIMARY
CARE TO PATIENT RATIO IN THE
STATE.
EACH ONE HAS MORE PHYSICIANS
IN THE ENTIRE COUNTY.
INCREASING TRAINING AND THE
NUMBER OF MEDICAL SCHOOLS IN
INDIANA GO HAND-IN-HAND WITH
MORE DOCTORS PRACTICING IN
THE STATE.
THERE'S A FEDERAL NICHE TY
LED BY THE ASSOCIATION OF
AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES TO
INCREASE MED STUDENT
GRADUATION BY 30%.
INDIANA UNIVERSITY EXCEEDED
THAT GOAL, BUT THE BIG
STORY, FELDMAN SAID, IS
MARIAN UNIVERSITY.
>> IT'S A GAME CHANGER.
IT CHANGES THE WHOLE DYNAMIC
IN THIS STATE.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO FURTHER
OUR GOALS OF GETTING ENOUGH
PHYSICIANS, PARTICULARLY
PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS, TO
PRACTICE IN IPIN.
>> SOME STATES DO OFFER
INCENTIVES.
THEY'LL FORGIVE STUDENT DEBT
OR PRIMARY CARE PROGRAMS.
INDIANA DOES HAVE A LOAN
FORGIVENESS PROGRAM.
IT'S IN STATE STATUTE, IT
DOESN'T RECEIVE ANY FUNDING.
THAT ASIDE, SMALLY AND
DEHAGEN SAID IT MAKES SENSE
FOR THEM AND THEIR CAREERS
TO STAY IN INDIANA.
THEY MADE VALUABLE
CONNECTIONS IN THEIR FOUR
YEARS IN MARION.
>> THAT'S THE INCENTIVE FOR
ME TO CONTINUE TO STAY HERE
AND WORK WITH THOSE
PHYSICIANS AND LEARN FROM
THEM.
THEN LATER GO BACK AND GIVE
BACK TO THE COMMUNITY THAT
HELPED ME TO HAVE THE
SUCCESS I'VE HAD.
>> MEDICAL SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
IS UP ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS
UNIVERSITIES EXPAND
CURRICULUM AND MOST SCHOOLS
LIKE MARION'S OPEN THEIR
DOORS.
RESIDENCY OPTIONS AND
PHYSICIANS.
THEY CAN'T GO ON TO BE
PRACTICING PHYSICIANS UNTIL
THEY COMPLETE THEIR
TRAINING.
CONGRESS HAS INCREASED
FUNDING IN THESE POSITIONS
FOR 20 YEARS CREATING WHAT
FELDMAN CALLS A BOTTLENECK
OF STUDENTS WHO HAVE NOWHERE
TO GO.
FOR HEADLINES, WE GO OTHER
TO BARBARA BROSIER WITH THE
LATEST ON THIS WEEK'S TOP
STORY.
>> A DEVELOPING STORY OUT OF
GREEN COUNTY, WE'VE BEEN
REPORTING FOR MONTHS ON THE
MANAGEMENT AND FINANCES OF
THE UTILITIES DISTRICT OF
WESTERN INDIANA ELECTRIC
CO-OP THAT SERVED GREEN,
MONROE, OWEN, MORRIS, AND
CLAY COUNTIES.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS VOTED
UNANIMOUSLY THIS WEEK.
BUT BRIAN SPARKS UNPAID
LEAD.
SARA WHIT MYER HAS THE
LATEST.
THE DECISION TO PLACE SPARKS
ON PAID LEAVE IS THE
DECISION TO CUSTOMER STATE
AND THE CO-OP.
THE ELECTRICITY BILLS
INCREASE TO THE HIGHEST IN
THE STATE AND THE DATA WE
COLLECTED FROM THE U.S.
ENERGY SHOWS THAT UDWI WAS
ONLY SPENDING ABOUT 53% OF
WHAT IT WAS CHARGING
CUSTOMERS ON THE ACTUAL
PURCHASE OF ENERGY.
THE CO-OP IS A NOT FOR
PROFIT.
IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, TAX
RECORDS SHOW MORE THAN 50
MILLION DOLLARS OF EXCESS
EARNINGS HAVE BEEN REPORTED.
THERE ARE THREE NEW BOARD
MEMBERS WHO RAN ON A
PLATFORM OF LOOKING INTO THE
CO-OP'S FINANCES AND
INCREASING TRANSPARENCY.
THEY CONVENED TUESDAY FOR A
SPECIAL MEETING.
>> BOARD OF DIRECTORS AS A
WHOLE, THEIR EYES WERE WIDE
OPEN TO SOME OF THE CONCERNS
OF OUR MEMBERS AND THEY
WANTED TO RESPOND TO THEM.
SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS WERE
CONCERNING THE HANDLING OF
OUR MEMBERS' MONEY.
SO THEY FELT LIKE THIS WAS A
NECESSARY STEP TO PUT
EVERYONE'S MIND AT EASE.
>> CHAPMAN AND SHANE SMITH
ARE ASSUMING SPARKS'
RESPONSIBILITY WHILE AN
INDEPENDENT AUDIT IS
CONDUCTED.
CHAPMAN MET WITH EMPLOYEES
THURSDAY AND TOLD THEM TO
COOPERATE WITH THE
INVESTIGATION.
>> IN ORDER TO ALLOW THAT TO
BE THE MOST OBJECTIVE,
TRANSPARENT PROCESS, THEY
FIGURED THEY WOULD TAKE
BRIAN OUT OF THE EQUATION SO
THAT NO ONE COULD CLAIM HE
WAS UNDER ANY UNDO INFLUENCE
ON THE PROCESS AND ALLOW IT
TO PROCEED.
>> THERE'S NO TIMETABLE FOR
WHEN THE INVESTIGATION WOULD
CONCLUDE.
THE BOARD IS PREPARED TO
RESPOND IN THE APPROPRIATE
WAY.
FOR INDIANA NEWSDESK, I'M
SARA WHIT MYER.
THE FBI WON'T CONFIRM IF
THEIR AGENCY IS INVOLVE IN
THE INVESTIGATION AT UBWY.
ANTHEM IS ASKING THE UNITED
STATES SUPREME COURT TO
REVIEW A COURT OF APPEALS
POSITION THAT WOULD LIMIT
ACCESS TO WHAT THE INSURER
CALLS HIGH QUALITY
AFFORDABLE CARE FOR MILLIONS
OF AMERICANS AND DENY THEM
MORE THAN $2 BILLION OF
MEDICAL COST SAVINGS
ANNUALLY.
ANTHEM ARGUES THE PRECEDENTS
THE BOARD IS RELYING ON ARE
OUTDATE AND NEED TO BE
UPDATED TO UNDERSTAND THE
MODERN UNDERSTANDING OF
ECONOMICS AND CONSUMER
BENEFITS.
THE BROWN COUNTY SCHOOL
DISTRICT IS CUTTING $950,000
FROM ITS BUDGET.
THE DECISION COMES AS THE
SCHOOL DISTRICT GAPLE WITH
SHARP DECLINES IN
ENROLLMENT.
IT LOST 100 STUDENTS IN THE
LAST YEAR.
THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY
APPROVED 16 RECOMMENDATIONS
ON THURSDAY, INCLUDING ONE
THAT WILL ALLOW THE DISTRICT
TO KEEP A PRESCHOOL PROGRAM
WHILE STILL SAVING MONEY.
>> OUR CURRENT PRESCHOOL
PRESCHOOLTEACHERS WHO ARE
FULLY CERTIFIED TEACHERS
HAVE BEEN REPLACED IN THE
AGING POPULATION, K THROUGH
12.
THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO PLACE
THOSE POSITIONS WITH
INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE
ASSOCIATE LEVEL DEGREES.
>> THE DISTRICT WILL SAVE
MONEY BY CUTTING 8 1/2
PARAPROFESSIONAL JOBS,
SHRINKING SOME POSITIONS AND
ELIMINATING SOME JOBS
THROUGH ATTRITION.
INDIANA'S GOVERNOR SAY THE
STATE'S ALCOHOL LAWS NEED
REVIEW.
HE SIGNED A BILL THAT
REQUIRED 60% OF ALCOHOL
SALES BEFORE ON SITE
DRINKING BEFORE THE PERMITS
CAN BE RENEWED.
THE CONVENIENCE STORE, THE
OWNER USED A LOOPHOLE TO
OBTAIN PERMITS TO SELL BEER.
THE GOVERNOR ALSO SIGNED A
BILL CHANGING HOW MUCH SOME
HOOSIERS WILL BE COMPENSATED
FOR ENERGY THEY PRODUCE.
THE LEGISLATION DECREASES
THE AMOUNT UTILITY COMPANIES
ARE REQUIRED TO PAY FOR
EXCESS ENERGY PRODUCED BY
SOME SOURCES, SUCH AS ROOF
TOP SOLAR PANELS.
SOME RATES WILL BE
GRANDFATHERED IN.
A NEW LAW GOING INTO EFFECT
THIS SUMMER DEREGULATES HAIR
BRAIDING AND IT'S GETTING
MIXED REVIEWS FROM SOME IN
THE COSMOTOLOGY INDUSTRY.
>> BRAIDERS ARE CURRENTLY
REQUIRED TO HAVE A
COSMOTOLOGY LICENSE, A
PROCESS THAT CAN TAKE 1500
HOURS AND COST MORE THAN
$10,000.
BRAIDING, HOWEVER, DOES NOT
REQUIRE DYES OR CHEMICALS
COMMONLY USED IN HAIR SALONS
AND IS NOT TAUGHT IN
COSMOTOLOGY SCHOOLS.
ADVOCATES SAY THE CHANGE
REMOVES UNNEEDED
RESTRICTIONS AND ALLOWS
BRAIDERS TO PRACTICE THEIR
CRAFT.
ANGELA CARTER SAID AS A
SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, SHE
HAS MIXED FEELINGS ABOUT THE
CHANGE.
>> YOU CAN'T FIND SOMEBODY
WITH A LICENSE, THEN TO FILL
THE NEED, THEN PEOPLE GO
OTHER PLACES.
SO THAT'S ONE SIDE OF IT.
BUT THE OTHER SIDE IS THAT,
YOU KNOW, I AM LICENSED AND
I DID GO TO SCHOOL AND THERE
ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE DOING
HAIR IN THEIR HOMES WHICH
ALSO TAKES AWAY FROM
BUSINESS.
>> CARTER SAYS IN THE PAST
SHE'S REFERRED PEOPLE
ELSEWHERE BECAUSE OF THE
LACK OF SKILLED BRAIDERS
WORKING IN HER SHOP.
THE NEW LAW COULD MAKE IT
EASIER TO RECRUIT MORE
BRAIDERS.
HOWEVER, SHE DOES WORRY
THOSE WITHOUT A COSMOTOLOGY
DEGREE WON'T KNOW ALL OF THE
HEALTH AND SANITARY
PRACTICES NECESSARY IN A
SALON.
>> I THINK WE HAVE TO LEARN
HOW TO EDUCATION IN A GOOD
WAY.
WE'LL HAVE TO -- IT'S A GOOD
THING.
WE'LL HAVE CHALLENGES AHEAD
OF US.
>> THE CHANGES GO INTO
EFFECT JULY 1.
THE STATE SUPREME COURT IS
ENDING A TWO-YEAR EFFORT BY
ATTORNEY WILLIAM GROWTH FOR
DOCUMENTS AND E-MAILS FROM
VICE PRESIDENT PENCE'S
GOVERNOR.
ROACH INITIALLY SUED AFTER
THEY REFUSED TO RELEASE A
DOCUMENT RELATING TO THEN
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S
EXECUTIVE ORDER ON
IMMIGRATION.
AFTER IT WAS REVEALED, PENCE
USED THE PRIVATE E-MAIL
ACCOUNT FOR BUSINESS.
SOUGHT TO HAVE THE CASE SENT
BACK TO THE LOWER COURT.
BUT THE INDIANA SUPREME
COURT SAID NO.
AN ORGANIST IN A BROWN
COUNTY CHURCH IS BEING
CHARGED WITH INSTITUTIONAL
CRIMINAL MISCHIEF AFTER
ADMITTING TO POLICE HE
VANDALIZED THE CHURCH.
NATHAN STANG ADMITS HE
SPRAYED THE WORDS DONALD
TRUMP, A SWASTIKA, AND AN
ANTI-GAY SLUR ON THE
EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING IN
NOVEMBER.
HE WANTED TO GIVE PEOPLE A
REASON TO FIGHT FOR GOOD,
EVEN IF IT WAS, QUOTE, A
FALSE FLAG.
AND HE SAYS HE REALIZES THIS
WAS NOT THE WAY TO DO THAT.
THE HIGH LAND PARK
PLAYGROUND THAT WAS
DESTROYED IN LAST SUMMER'S
TORNADO OUTBREAK IS ALMOST
READY TO REOPEN.
MAYOR GREG GOODNIGHT AND
OFFICIALS HAVE A RIBBON
CUTTING CEREMONY NEXT WEEK.
HE WANTS TO THANK THOSE WHO
DONATED THE MONEY.
>> WE'RE INCORPORATING THE
AREA, WE JUST REMODELLED THE
RESTROOM.
>> GOODNIGHT SAID THEY
RAISED $90,000 FOR THE FUND
THAT HELPS TO REPLACE THE
ADA COMPLIANT PLAYGROUND
EQUIPMENT AND PLAN NOR THAN
165 TREES.
HOPEFULLY, THE RAIN WILL GO
AWAY IN TIME FOR THEM TO GET
OUT THERE.
>> SUPPOSED TO DO IT THIS
PAST WEDNESDAY, HAVE TO PUSH
IT BACK.
HOPEFULLY THEY CAN GET IT
IN.
>> THANKS, BARBARA.
>> COMING UP NEXT ON
"INDIANA NEWSDESK," WE'LL
TAKE A LOOK AT WAYS PEOPLE
ARE ADDRESSING THE DEBT THEY
TAKE ON FOR A COLLEGE
EDUCATION.
AND, A SCIENTIFIC
BREAKTHROUGH THAT COULD LEAD
TO TREATMENTS FOR
NOISE-INDUCED HEARING LOSS.
THESE STORIES AND MORE RIGHT
HERE ON "INDIANA NEWSDESK."
>> WELCOME BACK TO "INDIANA
NEWSDESK."
THE NORTH CENTRAL PARK
COMMUNITY SCHOOL'S
CORPORATION WILL UNDERGO BIG
CHANGES IN THE COMING MONTH.
THE SCHOOL BOARD CON VOTED
TO CONSOLIDATE TURKEY RUN.
ONE SERVING AS A JR. HIGH
AND THE OTHER AS A HIGH
SCHOOL.
THE MOVE WILL SAVE THE
DISTRICT A SIGNIFICANT
AMOUNT OF MONEY.
IT'S A CHALLENGE MANY OF
INDIANA'S WORLD DISTRICTS
ARE CHANGING AS THE WORLD
CONTINUES TO DECLINE.
>> THE NORTH CENTRAL PARK
COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
CORPORATION SITS IN THE
MIDDLE OF CLARK COUNTY, A
SMALL RURAL AREA IN WEST
CENTRAL INDIANA.
A COMMUNITY WITH THE LARGE
FARMING INDUSTRY AND A
GROWING AMISH POPULATION.
BUT LIKE MANY SMALL
COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE
STATE, CLARK COUNTY SCHOOLS
ARE STRUGGLING.
>> OVER THE PAST PROBABLY 30
YEARS, THERE HAS BEEN A
DECLINING ENROLLMENT IN OUR
SCHOOL SYSTEM.
>> IT CAUSED THE TWO
CORPORATIONS TO CONSOLIDATE
INTO ONE SEVERAL YEARS AGO
WHICH CUT ADMINISTRATIVE
COSTS IN HALF.
BUT THE NEW DISTRICT
SUPERINTENDENT THOMAS ROHR
SAID IT WAS CLEAR THE TWO
JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS
IN THE DISTRICT COULDN'T
OPERATE INDEPENDENTLY FOR
MUCH LONGER.
>> 1200 STUDENTS IN K
THROUGH 12.
AGAIN, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT.
OFFER THE KINDS OF PROGRAMS
THAT WE WANTED TO OFFER.
>> ROHR SAYS COMBINING THE
SCHOOLS OPENS UP MANY
OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESOURCES
AND ULTIMATELY PROVIDING
MORE FOR THE STUDENTS.
>> I TEACH FIVE DIFFERENT
PREPS, WHICH IS DIFFICULT AS
A HIGH SCHOOLTEACHER AND
THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE NORM
FOR THE ENTIRE BUILDING NOW.
SO WE'RE HOPING WITH THE
CONSOLIDATION THAT WE CAN
START TO SPECIALIZE A LITTLE
BIT MORE AND BE ABLE TO
OFFER MORE CLASSES FOR THE
KIDS TOO.
>> MORE DISTRICTS ACROSS THE
STATE ARE CONSIDERING
OPTIONS LIKE CONSOLIDATION
AS A SIGNIFICANT CUT TO
THEIR BUDGET.
19% OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS
IN INDIANA SERVE 1,000
STUDENTS OR LESS.
FOR THEM, DETERMINING THE
BEST PATH FORWARD IS OFTEN
COMPLICATED BY STRONG
EMOTIONS FOR THE COMMUNITY.
THE FOCAL POINT OF MANY
SMALL RURAL COMMUNITIES IS
THEIR SCHOOL.
IT'S A GREAT SENSE OF PRIDE.
IT HAS A HISTORY.
IT IS A PART OF THAT
COMMUNITY CULTURE.
>> ATTORNEYS SAYS EACH
SITUATION IS UNIQUE.
BUT CONSOLIDATION IS
SOMETIMES THE BEST WAY TO
SERVE STUDENTS IN RURAL
COMMUNITIES.
>> WE LOOKED A LOT OF
DIFFERENT WAYS ALONG WITH
THE COLLABORATION THAT WE
CAN BE MORE EFFICIENT AND
WAYS TO SAVE MONEY.
WE TRIED EVERYTHING WE CAN
TO CONTINUE THE STUDY WE
HAVE CURRENTLY UNTIL IT'S AT
A POINT WHERE PEOPLE CAN SEE
IT NEEDS TO CHANGE.
>> SOME PARENTS IN CLARK
COUNTY ARE NOT CONVINCED THE
CONSOLIDATION WILL RESULT IN
ALL OF THE BENEFITS THE
DISTRICT IS TOUTING.
>> RIGHT NOW IT APPEARS TO
BE MORE OF A REORGANIZATION
THAN A CONSOLIDATION.
ALL OF THE BUILDINGS ARE
STAYING OPEN.
DOESN'T APPEAR THERE'S ANY
CUTS.
SO IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A
WHOLE LOT HAS CHANGED OTHER
THAN WE'LL GOING TO BE
MOVING A LOT OF KIDS AROUND.
>> FOR INDIANA NEWSDESK, I'M
JAMES MAVERICK.
>> INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL
OF MEDICINE SAY A NEW
BREAKTHROUGH COULD HAVE A
SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON
TREATING MANY INNER EAR
AILMENTS.
BRIAN D. BAPTISTA REPORTS.
>> THE STUDY PUBLISHED
HISTORY OUTLINES THIS LAB'S
RECENT SUCCESSES WITH
GROWING INNER EAR TISSUE
WITH STEM CELLS.
>> ONE OF THE INNOVATIONS
WE'VE COME UP OVER THE YEARS
WITH OTHER GROUPS IS TO GROW
THE CELLS IN THREE
DIMENSIONS IN KIND OF A
GELATIN-LIKE MATERIAL.
AND THIS ALLOWS THE CELLS --
IT GIVES THEM THE SUPPORT
THEY NEED TO KIND OF
ORGANIZE THEMSELVES INTO AN
ORGAN-LIKE STRUCTURE.
>> BELIEVES THIS DEVELOPMENT
COULD LEAD TO TREATMENTS FOR
SUFFERERS FROM CONGENITAL
AND NOISE-INDUCED HEARING
LOSS BY ALLOWING DOCTORS TO
REPAIR A DAMAGED AUDITORY
NERVE.
>> WE SEE THAT'S TECHNICALLY
POSSIBLE WITHIN THE INNER
EAR.
WE NEED TO SURGICALLY
IMPLANT THE CELLS IN THE
RIGHT SPOT.
THE PROBLEM WITH THE REST OF
THE INNER EAR IS THAT IT'S
SUCH A DELICATE COMPLEX
STRUCTURE THAT IT'S GOING TO
BE VERY DIFFICULT TO
SURGICALLY PLACE THE CELLS
WHERE THEY NEED GO.
>> ALTHOUGH NOT FULLY
DEVELOPED, HE ALSO BELIEVES
THAT WITH MORE TIME, THERE
WILL BE TREATMENTS DEVELOPED
TO REGROW THE SENSITIVE
HEALTH.
>> WE'RE HOPING TO
ACCELERATE THE
IDENTIFICATION OF NEW DRUGS
AND NEW GENE THERAPY WITH
THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY.
WE THINK PROBABLY OVER THE
NEXT 10 TO 15 YEARS WE'LL BE
ABLE TO START SEEING THE
DRUGS OR THERAPIES REACHING
CLINICAL TRIALS.
>> IT SHOWS A LOT OF
PROMISE.
BUT IT'S IN THE RESEARCH
PHASE.
BIG FINANCIAL DECISIONS
EARLY IN THEIR COLLEGE
CAREER BUT OFTEN NOT
PREPARED TO DO THINGS SUCH
AS LIVE WITHIN A BUDGET,
MANAGE DEBT, OR UNDERSTAND
CREDIT.
LINDSAY WRIGHT JOINS US NOW.
>> IT'S FAIR TO SAY MANY OF
THEM DON'T UNDERSTAND THEIR
FINANCES OR HOW, FOR
EXAMPLE, TAKING OUT A HUGE
LOAN CAN IMPACT THEM WELL
INTO THEIR ADULT LIFE.
THE TOTAL BALANCE OF STUDENT
LOAN DEBT HAS TRIPLED IN THE
LAST DECADE AT A WHOPPING
$1.3 TRILLION.
UNIVERSITIES ARE TAKING ON A
RESPONSIBILITY IN A LITERACY
PROGRAM THAT'S SURE TO HELP.
>> ONE OF 140,000 STUDENTS
ENROLLED AT THE UNIVERSITY.
SHE TRIES TO LIVE FRUGALLY.
BUT THERE'S A BIG GAP ON
WHAT SHE EARNS AND WHAT SHE
SPENDS ON TUITION, BOOKS,
RENT, AND OTHER EXPENSES.
MONEY IS CONSTANTLY ON HER
MIND, AND SO IS HER FUTURE.
>> BEING ABLE TO GRADUATE
WITH LIMITED DEBT WILL
BETTER ALLOW ME TO BUY THE
THINGS I WANT LATER IN LIFE.
SO IT'S IN THE HOUSE, THE
CAR, TAKING CARE OF KIDS.
>> BUT IT'S NOT EASY.
THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS
BORROWING MONEY HAS NEARLY
DOUBLE IN THE LAST DECADE
FROM $23 MILLION TO 43
MILLION BORROWERS, RISING
COST OF EDUCATION, RISING
MONEY ARE SOME FACTORS.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH STUDENT
DEBT DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW TO
DECREASE BORROWING.
>> THOSE STUDENTS ON THOSE
CAMPUSES THAT DON'T KNOW
WHAT A LOAN IS, THAT THEY
HAVE TO PAY IT BACK.
PARENTS ARE SAYING YEAH, I
SIGNED THIS THING, A PARENT
PLUS LOAN.
I DON'T -- I GET IT SO MY
KID CAN GO TO SCHOOL AND
THEY DON'T REALIZE THEY,
THEMSELVES HAVE BEEN PUT ON
THE HOOK FOR TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
>> FEDERAL LAWS REQUIRE THAT
INCOMING STUDENTS RECEIVE
SOME FORM OF COUNSELING.
IT'S DONE ON-LINE.
THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE
DETAILS OF WHAT THEY'RE
BORROWING.
CAROL SAYS FINANCIAL
LITERACY PROGRAMS DESIGNED
TO HELP STUDENTS MAKE
INFORMED MONEY DECISIONS TO
BE A REQUIREMENT AT THE
COLLEGE LEVEL.
>> THERE OUGHT TO BE ONE
ENTIRE COURSE ON HOW MUCH
DOES COLLEGE COSTS, WHAT ARE
THE BORROWING OPTION, WHAT
DOES IT MEAN?
HOW MUCH DOES THIS AMOUNT
CORRELATE TO IN PAYMENT?
HWA WHAT ARE THE 10 MONEY
MISTAKES THAT EVERY FRESHMAN
IN COLLEGE MAKES.
>> SCHOOLS LIKE PURDUE,
NOTRE DAME, BUTLER, OFFER
VARYING FINANCIAL LITERACY
TOOLS.
ONE PROGRAM KNOWN AS MONEY
SPART THROUGH IU IS PROVING
RATHER SUCCESSFUL.
IT'S FREE AND MICHAEL McROB
BY IN PART CREDITS IT WITH
REDUCING STUDENT BROTHERING
BY NEARLY $100 MILLION SINCE
IT LAUNCHED IN 2012.
CAROL, ALONG WITH THE
DIRECTOR OF MONEY SMARTS
SAYS THOSE NUMBERS ARE
SIGNIFICANT, STILL MORE SO,
BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT
INCLUDING INTEREST.
>> ABOUT $3200 FOR
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS.
SO OVER THE COURSE OF THE
FOUR YEARS, HOPEFULLY FOUR
YEARS HERE AT IU, THEY'RE
BORROWING $200,000, $300,000
LESS THAN THEY WERE BEFORE,
THAT'S PHENOMENAL.
>> NATIONALLY IN 2016, THE
AVERAGE STUDENT LOAN DEBT
WAS JUST OVER $3700 AND THE
MAJORITY OF STUDENTS ARE IN
THE $15,000 TO $25,000
RANGE.
BECAUSE OF A TRIP TO MONEY
SMART, SHE SAYS SHE'S ON
TRACK TO GRADUATE WITH
MINIMUM DEBT OR NO DEBT
THANKS TO SCHOLARSHIPS AND
BUDGETING HELP.
>> I DID IT AS PART OF A
ASSIGNMENT, BUT ONCE I GOT
HERE AND GOT THIS, I
REALIZED IT WAS MORE THAN
JUST A GRADE.
>> WHEN SHE GRADUATES, SHE
HOPES SHE'LL STILL BE
DEBT-FREE.
THAT'S A MUCH DIFFERENT
OUTCOME THAN A LOT OF PEOPLE
EXPERIENCE.
THAT'S WHY SHE ENCOURAGES
STUDENTS TO SCROLL THROUGH
THAT OFFERS RESOURCES, POD
CASTS, AND MORE.
THESE PROGRAMS GO WELL
BEYOND BEING A STUDENT WITH
LOANS.
HAROLD SAID HE THINKS
YOUNGER GENERATIONS ARE
THINKING ABOUT OTHER OPTIONS
WHICH HE SAYS IS A GOOD
THING.
>> HAVING CONVERSATIONS
WHERE THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO
EDUCATE.
AS A RESULT OF A BY-PRODUCT
OF EDUCATING THEM, THE
STUDENTS DON'T TAKE ON THE
DEBT.
THEY FIND OTHER WAYS.
THEY APPLY FOR MORE
SCHOLARSHIP, THEY DO WORK
STUDY.
THEY DO A VARIETY OF THINGS.
>> HE SAYS JUST BEING AWARE
OF THE OTHER OPTIONS CAN
SIGNIFICANTLY ALTER WHAT A
STUDENT'S DEBT WILL LOOK
LIKE DOWN THE ROAD.
>> IN THE LONG RUN, I THINK
IT WILL HELP ME BE A MORE
EFFICIENT ADULT, HONESTLY,
KNOWING DIFFERENT WAYS OF
MANAGING MONEY.
>> IU RECENTLY ANNOUNCED A
NATIONWIDE PROGRAM TO HELP
STUDENTS AT DIFFERENT AGE
LEVELS BEFORE AND AFTER
COLLEGE.
JOE SAYS BREAKING DOWN THE
INFORMATION TO BE MORE AGE
SPECIFIC CAN BE REALLY
IMPORTANT.
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