Wirepoints President Ted Dabrowski joined Dan Proft and Amy Jacobson on Chicago’s Morning Answer. They discussed how Illinois is losing students to other states, the CDC squelching of its study on masks, and more.
Wirepoints Piece:
Note to readers from Mark Glennon re: Ukraine
May 6, 2026
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Everybody needs a side hustle these days, and mine is Ukraine, where I am now.
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If this bill passes, say goodbye to local control over all Illinois parks and expect to see open drug and alcohol use, needles, no sanitation and fire hazards, but no ordinary park users.
She isn’t superior. Compared to her peers at her school.
So why doe’s University of Illinois have 6000 China nationals taking up seats meant for Illinois citizens ?
Ron – $$$ – International students pay full freight. Someone has to pay for all of the overhead. University of Illinois even took out an insurance policy against events which could cause a downturn in Chinese enrollment. Really looking out for Illinois residents, huh? (See, for example, UNC Chapel Hill where 85% of the students must be from in-state, and with the remaining 15% filled with athletes, well, there is only a bit of international enrollment). Ironically, and I know this from my own NCAA experience, the athletic department doesn’t like it because foreign scholarships cost more than domestic ones.… Read more »
so lets see – if your kid is average you still want a place for him at a top school? As a parent of a son who got into the U of I, Id prefer your dumb kid goes somewhere else. People want competition until they are sorted out.
Where would the dumb kids go? To work instead?