INDIANAPOLIS Martin University announced Tuesday that it will pause operations at the end of the current semester, citing financial and enrollment challenges.

The Board of Trustees made the decision as the university grapples with a significant reduction in student enrollment and mounting financial pressures, according to Board Chairman Joseph Perkins.

"Martin University's primary focus has always been on providing its students with an outstanding education and hiring the most qualified and talented faculty and staff possible," Perkins said. "A primary need of Martin's is for more community support. This includes funding for its vast first-generation college students who are fighting courageously to make a better life for their families."

The university operates without an endowment, ma

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