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Community colleges’ $3.5 billion impact on the economy, earnings

— September 30, 2021

SPRINGFIELD – Illinois community colleges have a multi-billion dollar impact on the state’s economy and will be “integral in making a recovery from the pandemic an equitable one,”…

State ‘strongly encourages’ colleges to require COVID-19 vaccine
— July 19, 2021

SPRINGFIELD – The state’s higher education agencies released updated COVID-19 guidance Monday, July 19 encouraging all public and private higher education institutions in Illinois…
Data shows state moved backward in some equity metrics
— August 10, 2020

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Board of Higher Education is preparing a strategic plan to make higher education in the state more equitable, which will be released for public scrutiny…
Two local college presidents collaborate for shared future
— October 30, 2019

Before 2016 or so, the chance that Dr. Sheila Quirk-Bailey’s path might cross with Dr. Jamel Santa Cruz-Wright’s was pretty slim. Indeed, both women were blazing trails of their…

State lawmakers consider changes to gambling expansion law
— April 29, 2021

SPRINGFIELD – State lawmakers are considering a number of changes to Illinois -, including a measure that would lift the prohibition on gambling on in-state colleges and universities….
Illinois universities seeking greater funding increases
— February 29, 2020

SPRINGFIELD — Public universities in Illinois began making their case Feb. 26 for state funding increases larger than those that Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker proposed in his budget…
WCC, COD create Pathways plan for 4-year degrees
— August 21, 2019

A new LatinX Studies Pathways program at Waubonsee Community College is part of a growing trend in community colleges around the country to provide an opportunity for students…