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Data recently analyzed by the Illinois State Board of Education shows that more than 7 in 10 Cook County public students now fall below grade level in English based on their 2023-24 performance in ...
The education of African Americans and some other minorities lags behind those of other U.S. ethnic groups, such as White Americans and Asian Americans, as reflected by test scores, grades, urban high school graduation rates, rates of disciplinary action, and rates of conferral of undergraduate degrees.
The state with the highest percentage of people having a bachelor's degree or higher educational attainment was Massachusetts at 50.6%, and the lowest was West Virginia at 24.1%. The District of Columbia had a percentage significantly higher than that of any U.S. state at 63.0%. [1]
Access to higher education has characterized by some as a rite of passage and the key to the American Dream. Higher education presents a wide range of issues for government officials, educational staff, and students. Financial difficulties in continuing and expanding access as well as affirmative action programs have been the subject of growing ...
The Edgar Fellows Program, led by former Gov. Jim Edgar, has nurtured more than 400 aspiring, bipartisan Illinois leaders, many of whom are moving into key elected positions. Some of these leaders ...
College Degree Returns by Average 2011 Annual Out-of-Pocket Costs, from B. Caplan's The Case Against Education First-year U.S. college degree returns for select majors, by type of student Study comparing college revenue per student by tuition and state funding in 2008 dollars [121] The view that higher education is a bubble is debated.
Community colleges are often the most inexpensive route to a college education. Sometimes college is tuition free and students can save money by staying home while attending college. Average annual tuition and fees for community college are $3,770 versus $10,560 for a public four-year college. [74]
Jul. 23—The News-Gazette sports staff rates how the 19 athletic programs at the University of Illinois fared during the 2022-23 school year: Men's golf: A Why an A: Did the season end with a ...