The Partnership For College Completion
Sharing PCC’s analyses of local, state, and federal policies impacting college access and success, insights from higher education leaders on equity-centered plans and practices, and student perspectives about the urgent need for greater college access and affordability to support them realizing their career aspirations.
Failing to adequately fund higher education would continue this trend, diminishing the governor’s own record of turning that history around and putting college further out of reach for...
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Through its work with the Coalition for Transforming Higher Education Funding, the Partnership for College Completion spoke alongside Senate Majority Leader Kimberly Lightford and State Representative Carol Ammons...
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PCC has legislative proposals that would meet this pivotal moment in higher education, and secure the equity-centered investments Illinois needs to get more students through college.
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The Partnership for College Completion has released, “Effective, Equitable, and Efficient: A New Paradigm for Holding Universities Accountable,” a new higher education accountability framework that centers students, prioritizes...
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By Kyle Southern, Ph.D. Last week, the Chicago Sun-Times published commentary by EdTrust’s Denise Forte and Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton, “Illinois steps up where feds fall down in...
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PCC Executive Director, Kyle Southern, Ph.D., addressed the Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE) during a virtual testimony on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025. In his remarks below, Dr....
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