Editorial: Illinois universities were suffering before COVID-19. Now what? – Chicago Tribune

"From 2000 to 2018, the number of Illinois residents enrolled as freshmen outside the state, either in public or private colleges, jumped 73%. By 2018, nearly half of the state’s high school graduates on their way to four-year colleges chose institutions out of state."
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Bill
3 years ago

Close them up and save the taxpayers some money.

daves
3 years ago

Why should IL young people attend the IL Universities? They are discriminated for being from good neighborhoods or being the wrong color….and then the preference is on racial picks that fit a certain agenda, and out of country people from India and China come in first because they pay more in tuition. I cant blame them for going elsewhere.

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debtsor
3 years ago

“Attractive academic programs and more palatable price tags lured Illinois high schoolers to out-of-state colleges.” The article goes on to suggest various reforms to make IL colleges more attractive.

But the again CLUELESS Trib Board missed the point. It’s not just the IL colleges that suck, THE ENTIRE STATE SUCKS. Reforming the colleges is like putting a band aid on a shotgun wound. It does nothing to fix the underlying problem. Students leave because there are so many other places in the US Better than IL. People from all walks of live are escaping the state.

Last edited 3 years ago by debtsor

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