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...
A bill that would equalize the value of major course credits at all Illinois higher education institutions reducing the time and money students spend towards earning a degree has unanimously passed out of the Illinois Senate. SB2288 strengthens the Illinois...
