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Reflections on PCC’s Ten Years of Advocacy and Impact
During the past year, I have had the opportunity to meet more than 100 leaders across the advocacy, philanthropic, community organizing, labor, and policymaking fields. I have been...
The Partnership for College Completion (PCC) advances solutions that address historic inequities in our higher education system.
Public Policy
We advocate for bold equity-centered policies that improve college access and affordability and address structural barriers to persistence and completion.
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Institutional Partnerships
We partner with Illinois colleges and universities to provide support as they develop and deploy equity-centered strategies on campus.
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Research and Data
We use data and research to advance both transformational equity change on college and universities campuses and through state policy efforts in Illinois.
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Report: A Framework for Equity in Illinois
Here’s our playbook for how lawmakers can make more equity-centered higher education appropriations.
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PCC Announces the Next Cohort of the Illinois Developmental Education Equity in Action Network
Fourteen community colleges from around Illinois have made the commitment to reform their developmental education programs as a part of the Partnership for College Completion’s second cohort of...
Partnership for College Completion Receives Grant from ECMC Foundation to Strengthen Higher Education in Prison Across Illinois
The Partnership for College Completion (PCC) has received an 18-month planning and coalition-building grant from ECMC Foundation to support expansion of equitable, high-quality higher education opportunities for incarcerated...
New Grant Investment to Support PCC’s Research in Illinois’ College Transfer Pathways
The Partnership for College Completion received a Bridges to Brighter Futures grant from Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust to further analyze Illinois’ transfer ecosystem. This investment...