Enrollment at community colleges in Illinois is in its largest fall-to-fall increase since the 2000s. On Thursday, the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB) announced that statewide enrollment has seen its highest increase since Fall 2008 to Fall 2009. Champaign,...
Today, the Early Childhood Access Consortium for Equity (ECACE) released its first annual report, which provides a comprehensive picture of the work since the launch of the initiative designed to support members of the incumbent (current) workforce in their pursuit of...
The Illinois Community College Board is picking up the cost for state residents to earn a State of Illinois High School Diploma (formerly high school equivalency certificate). More than 1.2 million Illinoisans don’t have a high school diploma. The state grant funding...
The General Assembly passed and Governor JB Pritzker has signed a fiscal year 2024 state budget that includes a historic appropriation of $2.53 billion for higher education, an increase of $279 million (12.4 percent) compared to the previous fiscal year and the...
The Early Childhood Access Consortium for Equity (ECACE) is pleased to share that the Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC) has opened the 2023-24 application for the ECACE Scholarship, now with expanded eligibility for those pursuing or interested in pursuing...
A bill is headed to Governor Pritzker’s desk that would require all community college credits to be counted towards 4-year degrees about public universities. Currently, many of these credits only count toward elective courses. Senate Bill 2288 passed the house...
