A Win-Win: Survey Highlights Dual Credit Value to Illinois Students
Illinois has made progress when it comes to the positive impacts made by Dual Credit courses. The term dual credit refers “to high school programs allowing high school...
read moreSharing PCC’s analyses of local, state, and federal policies impacting college access and success, insights from higher education leaders on equity-centered plans and practices, and student perspectives about the urgent need for greater college access and affordability to support them realizing their career aspirations.
• Public Policy, Research and Data • Author(s): Partnership for College Completion • Tags: Community College, dual credit, Equity, higher education
Illinois has made progress when it comes to the positive impacts made by Dual Credit courses. The term dual credit refers “to high school programs allowing high school...
read more• Research and Data • Author(s): Mike Abrahamson • Tags: Community College, Equity, higher education, ILEA
Briefly describe a strategy in your Equity Plan that you have implemented. Include a brief description of how this strategy was chosen.Elgin Community College (ECC) wanted to help...
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MAP has the potential to play a crucial role in the growth and sustainability of Illinois’ economy and can be a gateway to financial stability for communities that...
read more• Featured, PCC Blog, Public Policy, Research and Data • Author(s): Partnership for College Completion • Tags: affordability, colleges and universities, higher education, Illinois
In his 2021 budget address, Governor Pritzker continued to break from his predecessors in ensuring that our state’s higher education system does not sink further into a quagmire...
read more• Featured, PCC Blog, Public Policy, Research and Data • Author(s): Mike Abrahamson • Tags: colleges and univerties, Equity, higher education, illinois legislature, public policy
We estimate that public colleges and universities could have enrolled 30,000 additional students throughout the past two recessions alone had it just maintained funding for colleges and student...
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