Indiana's public colleges and universities will eliminate hundreds of degree programs to comply with a new state law that says programs must graduate a certain number of students. Why it matters: More than 400 programs are slated for elimination,

Indiana University could lose hundreds of degree programs as part of compliance with an array of new laws affecting higher education that passed at the 11th hour of the legislative session.

Six Indiana public colleges have submitted a fifth of the state's degree programs for cutting or merging ahead of a new law instituting size quotas.