Pritzker’s community college initiative stalls in House committee – Capitol News IL

State Rep. Katie Stuart said her concerns were not necessarily about the impact the change would have on SIUE, but rather schools such as Northeastern Illinois University and Chicago State University that serve largely minority student populations. “If we’re not careful about what programs are allowed, that it could collapse the existing programs in those institutions, collapse their student base, and just make them not able to be operational,” she said. “And then we wouldn’t have a four-year institution serving those communities.”