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Education in Chicago: Thoughts on 'Clout University'

Bill Sweetland | Posted 07.09.2009 | Chicago

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Beer-sodden dolts and screeching ESPN announcers set the tone at our universities. And this is a far more serious problem than Speaker Madigan pulling wires to get the kids of a few of his political vassals admitted to the U. of I.

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Football Coach Ron Zook Is Highest Paid Public University Employee

Chicago Sun-Times | DAVE NEWBART AND ART GOLAB | Posted 07.07.2009 | Chicago

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There are 69,000 people who work for public universities in Illinois, and none of them is paid as much as Ron Zook, the University of Illinois' footba...

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U of I Clout List SUSPENDED In Admissions Process

Posted 07.03.2009 | Home

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

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University Of Illinois President Scrambling To Control Fallout, Protect Trustees

AP | Posted 06.29.2009 | Chicago

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Updated CHAMPAIGN -- The University of Illinois scrambled Friday to explain how politically connected applicants with less-than-stellar resumes -- in...

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Illinois Economy Stagnant In November: Economist

The State-Journal Register | Tim Landis | Posted 01.01.2009 | Chicago

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The state's economy went flat in November, based on a University of Illinois measure of sales, individual and corporate income-tax receipts. Universi...

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Universities Asked To Cut Budgets

AP | Posted 01.01.2009 | Chicago

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The Blagojevich administration is asking Illinois' universities to place 2.5 percent of their budgets in reserves. The cuts mean four-year universitie...

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Chief Illiniwek Returning To Illinois

Chicago Tribune | Megan Twohey | Posted 12.13.2008 | Chicago

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After a banishment of nearly two years, Chief Illiniwek once again is putting on the buckskins, beads and turkey feathers. Since the University of Il...

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Chief Illiniwek Rally Planned

AP | Posted 11.30.2008 | Chicago

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A University of Illinois student group plans to hold a Chief Illiniwek rally at the Assembly Hall on campus next month. Students for Chief Illiniwek ...

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University Of Ilinois Reverses Political Activity Ban

Champaign News-Gazette | Christine Des Garennes | Posted 11.07.2008 | Chicago

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University of Illinois employees, feel free to put a John McCain sticker on your car or attend a Barack Obama rally on campus. UI President B. Joseph...

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University Of Illinois Cracks Down On Staff Politicking

Posted 10.26.2008 | Chicago

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UPDATE University of Illinois President B. Joseph White said "common sense" should trump "technical violations" of the ban. Listen to excerpts of hi...

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John Edwards Cancels U of I Speech

AP | Posted 10.05.2008 | Chicago

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RALEIGH, N.C. — Former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards says in a statement that he will not have any public events until after th...

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John Edwards To Speak At U of I

AP | Posted 09.28.2008 | Chicago

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Less than a month after John Edwards admitted having an extramarital affair, the University of Illinois says the two-time presidential candidate has ...

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