Media Center > Daily Higher Education News Digest

February 22, 2012
University Affirmative Action Threatened by U.S. Top Court Admissions Case (Bloomberg.com)
Colleges may soon have to overhaul decades-old efforts to promote racial diversity after the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to reconsider the constitutionality of affirmative action in admissions.

HCC students to pay more in tuition, fees (Bloomington Pantagraph)
NORMAL — Students at Heartland Community College will pay more tuition and fees beginning this summer. The college’s board of trustees voted Tuesday to raise tuition and fees to $136 per credit hour. The cost had been $131 per credit hour.

A New Push For Vocational Education in Chicago and the U.S. (Chicago Magazine)
Yesterday the city announced a $479 million capital plan to support the city colleges' "College to Careers" program, which, in part, would rebuild and expand Malcolm X College, "including a new Allied Health Academy that will strengthen ties to the Illinois Medical District."

More Daily Higher Education News Digest | NewsWeekly

	02/22/2012	Chemistry Professor Tao Xu receives CAREER grant from National Science Foundation
	02/10/2012	SXU professor receives $10,000 Nurse Educator Fellowship
	02/09/2012	Eureka College Receives Caterpillar Foundation Grant for Students to Study in China
	02/08/2012	Loyola University Chicago School of Law Co-Founds Global Forum on Law, Justice, and Development
	01/18/2012	University Scientist Chairs National Meeting on Computer Programming Language

More News from Colleges and Universities

11/21/11: Performance Funding For Student Success
In August 2011, Governor Pat Quinn signed into law Public Act 97-320 directing the Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE) to create a broad-based committee to develop a funding model for community colleges and public universities based upon degree completion. On December 6, the Board will receive a progress report from the Performance Funding Steering Committee recommending a new approach to state funding that promotes the key goals of the Illinois Public Agenda for College and Career Success, by focusing on increasing completion of college courses, certificates, and degrees, with special emphasis on students who are academically or financially at risk.

09/26/11: Performance Funding Momentum
The rubber is about to hit the road. The Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE) will discuss statewide goals that will drive implementation of a new funding approach for higher education that will reward colleges and universities based on progress in raising educational attainment levels for Illinois citizens. The Board meets at 1 p.m. October 4th at Harper College in Palatine.

09/07/11: IBHE Student Advisory Committee Selects Leaders
Low and middle-income families, who often must stretch budgets to afford college, are finding postsecondary education increasingly out of reach in Illinois.

More News Releases