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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…

Lawmakers call hearing in higher education financial aid controversy
— August 2, 2019

SPRINGFIELD — A pair of Illinois House committees have scheduled a joint hearing next week to explore recent news reports about wealthy parents exploiting a legal loophole in order…
Bradley University president set to retire in 2020
— May 24, 2019

Bradley University President Gary Roberts announced his intent to retire when his contract expires at the end of May of 2020. Roberts announced this at the recent board of trustees…
U of I president: Investment in higher education ‘part of solution’ to state’s fiscal woes
— April 6, 2019

SPRINGFIELD – University of Illinois President Timothy Killeen called investment in higher education “part of the solution,” to Illinois’ well-documented fiscal issues Wednesday…
ICC receives grant for Racial Justice and Equity programs
— July 7, 2018

Illinois Central College received a $25,000 grant from Lumina Foundation’s Fund for Racial Justice and Equity, a project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, to hire a project…

Pritzker tops 100 bills signed with distracted driving, food stamp measures
— July 26, 2019

SPRINGFIELD — Gov. J.B. Pritzker surpassed 100 bills signed as he put his signature on more than 30 new laws last week. They included a measure to increase penalties on texting drivers…
Lawmakers, university officials warn of higher ed cuts without new revenue
— May 6, 2019

SPRINGFIELD — Democrats in the Illinois House, along with officials from each of the state’s public universities, warned May 1 that unless the state finds new sources of revenue,…
State universities failing to meet diversity contract goals
— July 30, 2018

Most public universities in Illinois are falling woefully short of state goals for supplier diversity, according to a state agency. A report by the state’s Department of Central Management…