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Knowles: GSU diversity chief targets graduation rates

https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-knowles-column-st-0423-story.html APR 22, 2019​​FRANCINE KNOWLES​​ – Chicago Tribune (​DAILY SOUTHTOWN​​) As a Brooklyn College student in the 1980s, concerns about racial unrest and inequities prompted Corey Williams, who...

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College Student Success Gaps Persist. How Can Schools Close Them?

https://www.northernpublicradio.org/post/college-student-success-gaps-persist-how-can-schools-close-them April 17, 2019 By PETER MEDLIN – WNIU News This past week, leaders from community colleges and universities across northern Illinois met to brainstorm how to close college...

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Waubonsee initiative aimed at recruiting, retaining black male students

https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/opinion/ct-abn-crosby-black-males-st-0213-story.html FEB 12, 2019​DENISE CROSBY​ – Chicago Tribune (​The Beacon-News​) Officials at Waubonsee Community College had noticed it for a while. Across the country, Africa-American males graduate at...

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WBEZ News – Illinois Equity in Attainment

October 9, 2018 WBEZ News – Illinois Equity in AttainmentIncludes interview with our Managing Director, Lisa Castillo Richmond.  WBEZ News – Illinois Equity in Attainment ​

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Initiative Aims To Close The State’s ‘Graduation Gap’

https://will.illinois.edu/news/story/initiative-aims-to-close-the-states-graduation-gap BY ANNA CASEY Twenty-five colleges around the state have signed on to a new initiative aimed at increasing graduation rates among students from underserved communities. The nonprofit...

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