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May 18, 2012
OPINION - How Competition Is Killing Higher Education (Bloomberg.com)
Competition, we are constantly told, encourages individuals, institutions and companies to take the risks necessary for innovation and efficiency. But in higher education, competition often discourages risk taking, leads to overly cautious short-term decisions, produces a mediocre product for the price, and promotes excessive spending on physical plants and bureaucracies.

OPINION: Open letter to high school grads (Chicago Tribune)
Dear graduating senior, I am begging your pardon for a somber reflection amid the joy of accomplishment: not to be a wet rag on the festivities of graduation, but a bright light on the realities of post-secondary education.

Quest for College Accountability Produces Demand for Yet More Student Data (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Despite growing pressure from policy makers and prospective students for colleges to prove their value, the institutions have often insisted that their unique missions make simple measurements forbiddingly difficult.

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	05/01/2012	North Park University Student, Art Professor Selected for 2012 Fulbright Awards
	04/24/2012	University Unveils New Master's Degree in Literacy, Language, and Culture
	03/28/2012	DePaul Becomes Second University in Illinois to Offer Doctorate in Early Childhood Education
	03/22/2012	North Central College earns national recognition for community service
	03/21/2012	WIU Named to Presidential Honor Roll with Distinction for Community Service

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11/21/11: Performance Funding For Student Success
In August 2011, Governor Pat Quinn signed into law Public Act 97-320 directing the Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE) to create a broad-based committee to develop a funding model for community colleges and public universities based upon degree completion. On December 6, the Board will receive a progress report from the Performance Funding Steering Committee recommending a new approach to state funding that promotes the key goals of the Illinois Public Agenda for College and Career Success, by focusing on increasing completion of college courses, certificates, and degrees, with special emphasis on students who are academically or financially at risk.

09/26/11: Performance Funding Momentum
The rubber is about to hit the road. The Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE) will discuss statewide goals that will drive implementation of a new funding approach for higher education that will reward colleges and universities based on progress in raising educational attainment levels for Illinois citizens. The Board meets at 1 p.m. October 4th at Harper College in Palatine.

09/07/11: IBHE Student Advisory Committee Selects Leaders
Low and middle-income families, who often must stretch budgets to afford college, are finding postsecondary education increasingly out of reach in Illinois.

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