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Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning Economic Development Committees met March 25

https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/512777979-chicago-metropolitan-agency-for-planning-economic-development-committees-met-march-25# JUL 22, 2019​Kristine Gonzales-Abella​ – Chicago City Wire​None of the Chicago-area four-year public universities, as of 2016, has been able to graduate more than half of their...

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Report Highlights Higher Ed Inequity In Chicagoland

https://www.northernpublicradio.org/post/report-highlights-higher-ed-inequity-chicagoland JUL 17, 2019​PETER MEDLIN – WNIU News​Even with Chicagoland students in the same income range, white students have a much greater chance of getting a degree than...

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NIU primed to tackle racial and economic inequities in graduation rates

https://www.niutoday.info/2019/04/24/%EF%BB%BFniu-primed-to-tackle-racial-and-economic-inequities-in-graduation-rates/ APR 24, 2019​​Andrew Pemberton​​ – NIU Today (​Print​​) Identifying equity as a top priority, NIU aims to close graduation gaps for students of color, first-generation college-goers and low-income...

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