Community colleges earn good grades by students
Ollie Tate, mother of three in East St. Louis, credits State Community College with helping her pursue nursing. Students across central to Southern Illinois praise community colleges for accessible programs, smaller class sizes, and attentive instructors, arguing they match or exceed university offerings.
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Community Colleges
Gordon Britton Lindsay
Thomas Stoeber
Parkland College
Champaign-Urbana
Cheryl Newton
John A. Logan College
Carterville
Karla Williams
Johnston City
John Logan
Affirmative Action Committee
Westley
Newton
Patty Phelan
Parkland
Karen Baumhardt
Illinois Organization of Community College Students
State funds short of half of Illinois community college costs
Illinois community college students praise what they learn while state funding lags. The system relies on local taxes and state aid that averaged 43 percent of operating costs last year, worsened by a 26 million revenue loss from a 1976 recession. Chicago opponents and lawmakers clashed over per credit hour payments, sparking a 1978 budget delay, yet the measure passed.
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Illinois Community College
Illinois Community College System
Illinois Community College Board
Springfield
James Howard
The
Community College Board
Fred Wellman
College Board
Chicago
Illinois
Community College
Chicago Community College
McGrew
Illinois budget outlook 1979 shaping up under hold the line
Budget director Bob Mandeville cautions the 1979 Illinois plan won't be a Christmas tree with extra spending. The hold the line approach from fiscal 1978 continues, aiming to boost the bank balance toward 85 to 100 million while weighing education, welfare, and corrections needs. Revenue forecasts in December and discussions with Gov. Thompson set the pace for final decisions by March 1.
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Tom Wellman
Lindsay-Schaub
Bob Mandeville
Santa Claus
James Thompson
Mandeville
Gov. Thompson
Thompson
Michael Bakalis
Democratic Party
Bakalis
House
Senate
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Union
Governor’s Office
Illinois
Bureau of the Budget
Richard Kolhauser
Kolhauser
Gov
Joseph Cronin
State Department of Corrections
General Assembly
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Gordon Britton
Lindsay Schaub
Logan College
Sam McGrew
D-Olney
Wellman
Loren Pixely
Richland Community College
Decatur
State Community College
James Nicholson
Cindy Healy
England
Island
Larry Tschosik
Thawville
David Fort
SCC
Mike Dierks
Miss Williams
Jerome Townsend
Ginger Westley
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