The Partnership for College Completion (PCC) is pleased to announce May 11-15, 2020 as Illinois Higher Ed Matters Week – highlighting the many ways colleges and universities across the state are serving students and their local, state, and national communities during the COVID-19 crisis.
During Illinois Higher Ed Matters Week, institutions are sharing their stories of – what PCC calls “higher ed heroism” – to call attention to the critical importance of Illinois’ public and private nonprofit 2- and 4-year institutions of higher education to the state’s recovery from this unprecedented event.
As COVID-19 continues to make a devastating and disproportionate impact on communities across socioeconomic and racial lines, broader structural inequities have been cast under a bright light and the unstable financial situation in which many of Illinois students live has been made even more so.
In response, Illinois colleges and universities have worked to adapt quickly to this new landscape and serve current and incoming students and communities not just in an educating capacity but as a compassionate community partner and provider of critical services and resources.
The stories of heroism in Illinois’ higher education system must be told.
Following the conclusion of Illinois Higher Ed Matters Week, PCC will be blogging about the collection of #ILHigherEdMatters stories shared as part of the campaign.
Learn more about the campaign here.