Grant extends Ind. homework hotline through 2014

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — A homework hotline that helps Indiana middle and high school students perplexed by their math and science assignments has won a $1.8 million grant to keep going for the next three years.

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology announced Monday that the Lilly Endowment grant would continue through 2014 the program that links students at the Terre Haute engineering college with those needing help through a toll-free phone line and online resources.

Rose-Hulman says the hotline that started in 1991 received about 45,000 calls during the last school year and tutors conducted nearly 3,000 online sessions. The school says it has more than 30 tutors available Sunday through Thursday nights to answer questions at 1-877-ASK-ROSE or through www.AskRose.org.