The State Journal-Register, IL
Independent Colleges Key to Improving Illinois Higher Education - Opinion
October 16, 2018
David W. Tretter, president of the Federation of Independent Illinois Colleges and Universities, writes: In the last 15 years, Illinois disinvested in higher education by $1 billion. The results were devastating: higher tuition, students flocking away from campuses instead of to them, and some institutions left on fiscal life support.