A Blueprint for the Future of Illinois
News Room: News articles related to goals of the Public Agenda
2010 News
Goal 1: Increase educational attainment
- SIUC website named one of the best for the blind
The Southern Illinoisan, December 27, 2010
- Pondering PISA’s promise for higher ed
The Chronicle of Higher Education, OPINION, December 13, 2010
- A Sputnik moment for U.S. education
The Wall Street Journal, OPINION, December 8, 2010
- Top test scores from Shanghai stun educators
The New York Times, December 7, 2010
- Heartland program eyes collaboration
with school districts
Pantagraph, December 2, 2010
- Half of all first-time students
earn credentials within 6 years
The Chronicle of Higher Education, December 1, 2010
- A dream come true?
Chicago Tribune, OPINION, November 28, 2010
- Rock Valley College programs offer fast track to jobs
Rockford Register Star, November 14, 2010
- Kindergarten screening, the first step of college prep
Illinois Times, November 11, 2010
- Report: Many Illinois colleges don't prepare teachers
for the classroom
Chicago Tribune, November 9, 2010
- UIC gets federal grant for underserved minorities
Quad-City Times, October 27, 2010
- Educational difficulties of men and immigrants hinder
efforts to improve college attainment
The Chronicle of Higher Education, October 20, 2010
- Saluki Startup aims to help students start on right foot
The Southern, July 6, 2010
- The economic benefits of reducing the dropout rate among students of color in the nation’s largest metropolitan areas: Chicago Report
Alliance for Excellent Education, July, 2010
Goal 2: Ensure Affordability
- EIU backs state finance panel's recommendations
Herald & Review, December 13, 2010
- Higher Ed Commission recommends
performance-based funding
Daily Herald, December 7, 2010
- 21st century snake oil?
Inside Higher Ed, OPINION, December 2, 2010
- Perry pushes performance based funding
Daily Eastern News, December 2, 2010
- Maloney: Higher Education Must Be a Higher Priority
Illinois Senate Democrats, December 2, 2010
- Commission Dealing With Higher Ed Funding Holds Last Meeting
Galesburg Register-Mail, November 11, 2010
- Committee to discuss performance-based funding
for universities
Journal Gazette & Times-Courier, November 9, 2010
- More and more college bookstores offering rentals
Chicago Sun-Times, November 8, 2010
- Higher education committee recommends tax increases…
The Denver Post, November 5, 2010
- Want Students to Perform Well? Perhaps Give Them Money for Doing Just That
Chronicle of Higher Education, November 5, 2010
- Push for Performance
Inside Higher Ed, November 2, 2010
- Students should complete financial forms
Springfield Journal-Register, June 3, 2010
- Stay 4 program helps at-risk teens graduate
The Pantagraph, April 6, 2010
- Illinois Federation of Teachers Insight, article by Judy Erwin, executive director, IBHE, Winter, 2010
Goal 3: Increase the number of high-quality postsecondary credentials
- A lack of leadership
Inside Higher Ed, December 13, 2010
- Nurses Teaching Nurses
IBHE, December 15, 2010
- UI gets $660,000 to bring Latinos
into biological sciences
The News-Gazette, December 9, 2010
- DACC among top 10 in country for enrollment growth
The News-Gazette, December 9, 2010
- The certificate solution
Inside Higher Ed, December 7, 2010
- ECC called state’s fastest-growing college
The Courier-News, December 7, 2010
- WCC is shining light on ‘green’ jobs
Batavia Sun, November 10, 2010
- Reframing college completion
Inside Higher Ed, October 28, 2010
- To pump up degree counts,
colleges invite dropouts back
The Chronicle of Higher Education, October 24, 2010
- Golden state's transfer guarantee
Inside Higher Ed, October 20, 2010
- Chamber study finds Q-C more educated than in 2007
Quad-City Times, October 17, 2010
- Governors State hosts summer undergrad open house
Governors State News Release, July 6, 2010
- NIU, Illinois Valley Community College forge partnership for nursing degree completion program
NIU News Release, May 21, 2010
Goal 4: Integrate educational, research and innovation assets
- SIUC brings in record $78.45 million in research funds
The Southern Illinoisan, December 15, 2010
- Colleges are urged to play a greater role in regional
development efforts
The Chronicle of Higher Education, December 8, 2010
- UIC gets big NIH grant for heart failure research
Chicago Tribune, November 3, 2010
- Region gets huge broadband investment
The Southern Illinoisan, October 15, 2010
- President Obama announces rural broadband projects to bring jobs and economic opportunity to rural communities and Native American Tribal Lands
USDA News Release, July 2, 2010
- Governor Quinn today signed the Angel Tax Credit into law
iBIO Update, June 26, 2010
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