The effort is being led by Purdue University, where Earhart once worked and which helped fund her 1937 flight with navigator Fred Noonan, who also vanished, reports NBC News.

Purdue’s Degree Maps Terms. Italicized text is taken directly from HEA 1348-2013. DegreeWorks. This is the electronic tool that Purdue University will be using to track degree progress and meet ...

A Purdue spokesman on Monday would not confirm details, saying, "but there will be more to share shortly." Earhart became a visiting professor at Purdue in 1935, and she's one of Purdue's most ...

Earhart has a history with Purdue University, after then-President Edward Elliott hired her to live in the new women's residence hall when he became concerned that the women enrolled were not ...

Purdue University is in compliance with HEA 1348-2013 and provides a standard eight-semester on-time degree map to all new first-time, full-time undergraduate degree seeking students who enter Fall ...