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Posts tagged Illinois Higher Education
College flight driven by Rauner budget impasse
Latest figures from 2017 found almost half of college-bound Illinois freshmen left state
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Ted CoxIllinois Higher Education, Dick Durbin, Illinois Board of Higher Education, Illinois College Enrollment, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Bruce Rauner, J.B. Pritzker, Eric Lichtenberger, Nyle Robinson, Illinois Higher Education Funding
Pritzker's first budget: 'An honest proposal'
Governor strikes note of ‘humble honesty and bold optimism’ in charting course on ‘the road to normal conditions’
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Bruce Rauner, Dan Hynes, Legal Marijuana, Legal Cannabis, Legal Sports Betting, Illinois Income Tax, Progressive Income Tax, Graduated Income Tax, Illinois 2020 Budget, Illinois Budget, Illinois Education, Illinois Higher Education, Early Childhood Block Grants, Illinois Minimum Wage
Pritzker: 'We are one Illinois'
In Quincy debate, Democrat counters Rauner’s divisiveness with message of statewide unity and optimism
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Ted CoxBruce Rauner, J.B. Pritzker, Grayson "Kash" Jackson, Sam McCann, WGEM-TV, Illinois Political Divide, Illinois Working Families, Progressive Income Tax, Sports Betting, Legal Marijuana, Quincy Veterans Home, Sterigenics, Lisa Madigan, Donald Trump, Trump Trade War, Illinois Soybean Growers, Minimum Wage, Illinois Higher Education, Illinois Education, Illinois Education Funding, Andy Manar
ISU holds its own, but NIU, WIU drop
ISU enrollment was boosted by freshmen and international students, but Northern and Western continued to slide
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Trump, DeVos stumped on student loans
Court may compel enforcement of Obama rule, as Illinois moves to protect professionals who default on loans
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Betsy DeVos, Bruce Rauner, Tom Cullerton, Education, Illinois Higher Education, Studen Loans, Education Funding, Trump University, Tony McCombie, Will Guzzardi
Sixth straight record for U. of I. enrollment
Highest in-state freshman enrollment in a decade shows efforts to keep students home is paying off
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Ted CoxTim Killeen, Bruce Rauner, University of Illinois at Chicago, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Illinois, University of Illinois at Springfield, Illinois Higher Education, In-State Students, Illinois Enrollment, Champaign News-Gazette
Freshmen flock to Eastern Illinois
Charleston university sees 25 percent increase in freshman enrollment, 7 percent overall, as state unveils college website
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Ted CoxBruce Rauner, Tom Cross, David Glassman, Josh Norman, Eastern Illinois University, EIU, SIU Edwardsville, SIU Carbondale, Illinois Universities, Illinois Higher Education