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Some local schools are getting a boost with their efforts to help students continue their education beyond high school. The Indiana Commission for Higher Education says it's awarded over $162,000 to 21 organizations across the state, in the latest round of the School and Community Partnership Grant.

Today: We talk to Purdue University Northwest professor Dietmar Rempfer, who is the director of the University's School of Engineering, about the new…