The Partnership For College Completion
Engaging the news media to help our communities make sense of the latest developments in higher education policy and practice and what they mean for students, families, and institutions.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/college-enrollment-college-graduation-chicago-public-schools/ By Sun-Times Editorial Board More students than ever are going on to college from Chicago Public Schools, but we haven’t reached the end game yet. More than two-thirds...
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http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/backstory/ct-biz-backstory-kyle-westbrook-20180807-story.html Kyle Westbrook grew up in Springfield expecting to be an astronaut, not an education activist. But his experiences led Westbrook, 44, to a career in education —...
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Illinois’ higher education could certainly use a “reinventing,” as the Chicago Tribune’s recent editorial calls for, but it also needs some reinvesting. Since 2000, our high school graduates...
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Letter to the Editor | Reverse Onerous State Cuts to Higher Education | Chicago Sun Times https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/reverse-onerous-state-cuts-to-higher-education/ Letter to the Editor | Reverse Onerous State Cuts to Higher...
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Opinion | College for the Disadvantaged | The New York Times |Read the Partnership’s published comment to a recent article by New York Times columnist David Leonhardt on flat college...
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Article | Illinois Makes Paying For College Harder for Low-Income Students, But We Can Fix That | Education Post | A dizzying array of statistics illustrates this disturbing trend....
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