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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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.
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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Illinois colleges, university work to help first-generation students graduate
https://abc7chicago.com/education/illinois-colleges-university-work-to-help-first-generation-students-graduate/4394903/ By Sarah Schulte Twenty-five Illinois colleges and universities are making an effort to improve the graduation rates for African American and Latino students. Partnership for College Completion,...
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‘College completion crisis’ spurs pledge to end racial, income grad gaps by 2025
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/graduation-gap-college-completion-crisis-university-racial-income-illinois-equity-attainment-initiative-depaul-national-louis-roosevelt/ ByCarlos Ballesteros Patrick Birden-Didona graduated from DePaul University in 2015 with a bachelor’s degree in secondary education. The Belmont Cragin native was supposed to graduate in 2014...
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EDITORIAL: College enrollment is up at CPS, but graduating is a different story
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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