The Partnership For College Completion
Advocating for bold policies that improve college success and eliminate racial and socioeconomic disparities in college access, persistence, and completion.
To realize our state’s degree attainment goals, equitably increase enrollment and completion at our public institutions, and drive economic mobility, state leaders must intentionally and strategically align goals, policies, investments, and actions to improve access to college, decrease the cost of a degree, dismantle barriers to student success, and eliminate racial and socioeconomic disparities that exist across these areas. This is where the Partnership for College Completion comes in.
Our policy work follows three principles of action that will spark and accelerate the pace of transformation within Illinois’ higher education system. The policies associated with each can work in concert to not only increase equitable access, affordability, and accountability, but focus Illinois’ higher education system on serving the evolving needs of its students.
Students of all races, economic backgrounds, and geographic locations deserve access to high-quality postsecondary education that is aligned with their educational and career aspirations.
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Attending Illinois’ colleges and universities should be debt-free for students from low-income families and affordable for all Illinoisans.
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Accountability mechanisms must be strengthened to provide Illinois students with affordable and equitable access to high-quality postsecondary degrees and credentials.
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Senior Manager of Research and Policy
Before joining the Partnership, Mike Abrahamson worked as a Mayoral Fellow while completing a master’s degree from the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy. He focused largely on projects in postsecondary education, working with City Colleges of Chicago and its Star Scholarship. He also recently served as Data Fellow for One Million Degrees.
Community Engagement Manager
Sonianne Lozada most recently worked in policy and advocacy in the areas of food justice and poverty, mobilizing advocates to defend legislation and policies that protect federal nutrition programs and decrease food insecurity and poverty in Illinois. Previously, she spent several years in youth development, working with Chicago Public School youth in the areas of advocacy, leadership development, and post-secondary education.
Government Affairs Manager
Before joining the Partnership, Danielle worked as the Policy Advancement Coordinator for Voices for Illinois Children, Powered by the YWCA Metropolitan Chicago. She joins the team with over a decade of experience working in government at the state and county level, not-for-profit management, and government affairs. Danielle earned a double Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science and Legal Studies and a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from the University of Illinois at Springfield. Danielle is a fitness enthusiast and enjoys volunteering for various community organizations in Chicago.
Senator Turner, a lifelong resident of Illinois and graduate of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign where she earned a degree in legal studies, worked as a juvenile probation...
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