U of I Clout List

University Of Illinois President Ends Clout List, Sets Scandal Reform Deadline

AP | DAVID MERCER | Posted 09.12.2009 | Chicago


CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — University of Illinois President B. Joseph White on Wednesday scrapped the school's special admissions list of politically con...

University Of Illinois Needs Six Law Firms To Handle Clout Scandal

Chicago Sun-Times | Dave Newbart | Posted 09.10.2009 | Chicago


The admissions scandal that has rocked the University of Illinois has apparently overwhelmed the school's own lawyers....

Quinn: All University Of Illinois Trustees Should Resign

AP | CARYN ROUSSEAU | Posted 09.07.2009 | Chicago


CHICAGO (AP) -- Gov. Pat Quinn urged the remaining members of the University of Illinois Board of Trustees to voluntarily resign on Friday, after a st...

University Of Illinois Clout Panel To Call For Trustees To Resign

AP | CHRISTINA M. WRIGHT | Posted 09.01.2009 | Chicago


CHICAGO (AP) -- The state commission reviewing the role that clout played in admissions at the University of Illinois decided Friday to recommend Gov....

University Of Illinois Trustees Refuse To Resign Over Scandal

AP | DAVID MERCER and CARYN ROUSSEAU | Posted 08.29.2009 | Chicago


CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) -- A day after a central figure in the University of Illinois admissions scandal resigned his position on the school's governing ...

Lawrence Eppley, U. Of I. Trustee Implicated In Clout Admissions Scandal, Resigns

AP | DAVID MERCER | Posted 08.28.2009 | Chicago


CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) -- University of Illinois trustee Lawrence Eppley offered his resignation Tuesday amid a growing scandal over the role of politic...

All University Of Illinois Trustees Should Resign: Mikva

Chicago Tribune | Posted 08.28.2009 | Chicago


The chairman of the state panel investigating admissions abuses at the University of Illinois stepped up his war of words on the school's trustees thi...

Former University Of Illinois Presidents Call For Trustees To Quit Over Clout Scandal

AP | DAVID MERCER | Posted 08.27.2009 | Chicago


URBANA, Ill. (AP) -- University of Illinois President B. Joseph White on Monday told a commission investigating the effect of politics on school admis...

U of I Admissions Scandal: One of Chancellor Herman's Helpers is Son of Former President

Carol Felsenthal | Posted 08.22.2009 | Chicago


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Ikenberry is one of the U of I people whom the chancellor asked to help him grease the skids so that the university's board chairman could win a six-figure job for his son-in-law-to-be.

University Of Illinois Clout List Most Helped Kids From Elite Schools

Chicago Tribune | Tara Malone, Darnell Little and Jodi S. Cohen | Posted 08.17.2009 | Chicago


The majority of students who benefited from political connections when applying to the University of Illinois attended elite, affluent high schools, a...

University Of Illinois Trustees Testify On Blagojevich Pressure, Influence

Chicago Tribune | Tara Malone, Jodi S. Cohen and Stacy St. Clair | Posted 08.15.2009 | Chicago


As two of the longest-serving University of Illinois trustees appeared Tuesday before a state panel investigating clout in admissions, the questioning...

'Magnitude' Of University Of Illinois Clout Program 'Shocks Me': Admissions Expert

Chicago Tribune | Posted 08.13.2009 | Chicago


Two college admissions experts who testified before the special commission this morning expressed surprise at the university's elaborate clouting syst...

Former University Of Illinois Officials Blame Trustees For Clout List

Chicago Tribune | Jodi S. Cohen and Stacy St. Clair | Posted 08.13.2009 | Chicago


Former presidents and chancellors of the University of Illinois are laying much of the blame for the current admissions scandal at the feet of trustee...

U of I Clout Update: Congressman Calls On Trustees To Resign, Ex-Law Dean Testifies

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 08.08.2009 | Chicago


On the same day the former dean of the University of Illinois Law School testified to a state panel about political influence in admissions, a Congres...

University Of Illinois Faculty Slam Chicago Tribune For Biased Reporting In Clout College Stories

Huffington Post | Posted 08.07.2009 | Chicago


Nearly a month after the Chicago Tribune exposed the influence of political clout in the admissions process at the University of Illinois, a group of ...

University Of Illinois Chancellor Richard Herman Calls For Scrapping Clout Admissions List

AP | KAREN HAWKINS | Posted 08.06.2009 | Chicago


CHICAGO (AP) -- University of Illinois Chancellor Richard Herman testified Monday that he had the best interests of the school in mind when he pushed ...

Conversation About Ron Santo Blacked-Out Of U Of I Documents

Chicago Tribune | Stacy St. Clair | Posted 07.24.2009 | Chicago


In records released last week, U. of I. officials blacked out Cubs broadcaster Ron Santo's name in an e-mail discussion about one of his Hall of Fame ...

U of I Clout List SUSPENDED In Admissions Process

Posted 07.03.2009 | Home


The University of Illinois has temporarily suspended the use of its "clout list," the Chicago Tribune reports. The controversial list was filled with...