Using research and data to build awareness about factors affecting racial and socioeconomic disparities in college access and completion, through reports, policy briefs, one-pagers, and more to offer actionable policy and practice recommendations.

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Policy Brief: Transfer

Illinois has responded to changing student demographics and trends, in part, by formalizing a robust transfer system in state policy. As a result, Illinois is now the leader...

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Our Policy Agenda

There is real opportunity in Illinois for policy leaders committed to improving postsecondary success, to champion targeted strategies and innovative models that increase college access and completion, particularly...

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Unequal Opportunities in Illinois

The report is a meta-analysis that draws from public data and published studies to highlight trends that have broad implications in Illinois, where nearly half of high school...

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