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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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Chicago-Area Universities Commit to Closing College Graduation Gaps

https://news.wttw.com/2018/10/02/chicago-area-universities-commit-closing-college-graduation-gaps By Brandis Friedman Black college students in Illinois are only half as likely as their white counterparts to earn a four-year college degree within a six-year time frame....

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