The Institutional Partnerships team has engaged in a number of initiatives and partnerships to advance equity in the state of Illinois that have included research, communities of practice, and trainings.
Illinois Equity in Attainment Initiative (ILEA)
In October 2018, PCC launched the Illinois Equity in Attainment Initiative (ILEA), an effort to galvanize direct and urgent action with a group of two-year and four-year, public and private non-profit colleges and universities across the state. These 24 institutions publicly commit to the PCC’s goal to eliminate racial and socioeconomic achievement gaps by 2025 and aggressively prioritize increasing completion rates on their campuses.
Read MoreSocial Belonging Interventions
In coordination with the College Transition Collaborative based out of Stanford University, and the University of Illinois at Chicago, and with the support of Reach Higher Campaign, Partnership for College Completion (PCC) created a video intervention designed to increase persistence and completion rates of incoming freshmen by supporting the development of students’ sense of belonging on campus.
Read MorePresidents for Latino Student Success in Illinois
In partnership with Excelencia in Education, a national non-profit organization whose mission is to accelerate Latino student success in higher education, PCC implemented the Presidents for Latino Student Success initiative from August 2017 to April 2018. The initiative marked the Partnership’s inaugural effort to create a community of practice around a shared goal of Latino student success.
Read MoreCollege & University Trustee Training
In 2017, PCC hosted a breakfast for new public university trustees to discuss college completion rates and achievement gaps in the state. Additionally, the Partnership delivered a student success presentation to Illinois’ public university trustees at the October 2017 New Trustee Conference hosted by the Illinois Board of Higher Education at Illinois State University.
View the Trustee Training Presentation Review PCC’s Trustee Training Framing Recommendations