Illinois Central College
State of Illinois Business Portal - Illinois – Diverse Landscape
Jacksonville, 25 miles west of Springfield in Morgan County, is home to two liberal arts colleges: MacMurray College and Illinois College. Lincoln Land Community College offers training programs that bolster the skills of the local work force. Jacksonville is also notable as home to the Illinois School for the Visually Impaired and the Illinois School for the Deaf, schools that educate young people with special needs from across the state. ... The Northern Stateline region is positioning itself as a prime transportation corridor that will benefit from a new multi-modal rail facility in Ogle County, as well as the Rockford Regional Airport. The region boasts an excellent telecommunications infrastructure and is home to Rock Valley College, Rockford College and Saint Anthony College of Nursing. Belvidere, a community of nearly 21,000 people in Boone County, is now home to a major Daimler Chrysler auto assembly facility. ... [Read More]
College Drinking: National Alcohol Screening Day
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Welcome to Tech Town 2003 at the Illinois State Fair
Tech Town is an experience that gives fairgoers a unique opportunity to see how Illinois is using technology to bring services and programs closer to its citizens. Housed in an air-conditioned pavilion located on Central Avenue between the Coliseum and the high-dive show, Tech Town will be open from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. daily during the August 8-17, 2003 Illinois State Fair. ... [Read More]
Archived: IV. East Peoria, Illinois
Obtaining college credit for high school courses requires that students take an initiative, but they may not yet clearly perceive the opportunities for earning college credit. Students must have received no less than a B in the high school course, and credit can be granted only after the student has earned a grade of at least a C in a college advanced level course for which the articulated course was a prerequisite. The college does not automatically award credit to students who fulfill these requirements. Students must apply for the credit no later than 24 months after they graduate from high school, and must complete a credit request form, approved by the high school principal and the college dean of career education, for each course. Perhaps because 1993-1994 was the first year of student participation in Tech-Prep, most of the students who took part in a fall 1993 focus group were unaware that they could earn college credits for their high school work. B. Changes in Curriculum an ... [Read More]
State of Illinois - Learning in Illinois Section
A study of Chicago Child-Parent Centers (CPC) found that every dollar invested brought more than $7 in benefits. The preschool experience created savings in every area but one: college costs, because more students ended up going to college. ... Illinois Central College Child Care Resource & Referral ... Integrate and track training. A statewide registry is needed to formalize and track the training and seminars taken by early childhood professionals so that they qualify for college credit where appropri-ate, and to monitor each individual's progress on the career lattice. ... [Read More]
State of Illinois - Technology Office Section
The Illinois Virtual High School (IVHS) is an Internet educational service administered by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) in collaboration with the Illinois Board of Higher Education, the Illinois Community College Board, and the Governor’s Illinois Technology Office (ITO). Through the IVHS and the assistance of its key partners, the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy and the Central Illinois Distance Education Network at Lake Land College, Illinois public school districts, nonpublic schools, and parents of home-schooled learners are able to provide students with access to a wider range of course offerings and the opportunity to develop their capacities as independent learners. ... [Read More]
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