Surfacing system inequities and their causes through data-based research to inform targeted legislative actions and institutional practice changes to address them.

Realizing an equitable higher education system for Illinois starts with understanding the present landscape and what got us here and providing evidenced-based, equity-centered recommendations for addressing and eliminating barriers to college completion by Black and Latinx students, first generation students, and students from low-income households.

The Partnership for College Completion’s (PCC) Research and Data team uses a growing knowledge base of original reports, briefs, one-pagers, blog analyses, and more —created in collaboration with PCC’s Public Policy and College and University Partnerships teams —to increase the public’s awareness of the systemic challenges that underrepresented students face in Illinois’ higher education system that can be addressed through key actions by our state elected officials and by our public and private nonprofit 2- and 4- year colleges and universities.

Our Publications

Read PCC’s reports and more to build your understanding of what’s happening in Illinois’ higher education, the key challenges that underrepresented students face to accessing and completing college at an equitable rate, and actionable policy and practice recommendations to address this crisis.

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Blogs

Read special PCC analyses of state and federal policies impacting college access for underrepresented students, learn from higher education leaders about how they’re thinking about and implementing equity-centered strategies on campus, and hear from students themselves about the urgent need for greater college access and affordability to help realize their career aspirations.

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PCC in the News

Read how PCC is helping the general public understand the issues and make sense of what the latest higher education policy and practice developments in our state mean for Illinois’ students, families, and communities.

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Latest Research and Data Blog Posts

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A Deeper Dive into PCC’s Response to Governor JB Pritzker’s Budget Address

After three years of significant investment into the Monetary Award Program (MAP) and historic increased appropriations to state universities, the Partnership for College Completion (PCC) is disappointed to...

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Meet Giselle Palacios, PCC’s New Data and Research Associate

PCC is proud to welcome Giselle Palacios to its team as the new Research and Data Associate. She started her college journey at Saint Xavier University, where she...

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