On the 21st: We talked with University of Illinois president Timothy Killeen, Western Illinois president Western Illinois president Jack Thomas and Larry Dietz, president of Illinois State University in Normal, about how state universities are handling budget issues for the upcoming school year.
As students begin to flock back to college campuses around the state, university presidents are still trying to figure out budget issues for the upcoming school year.
We talked with University of Illinois president Timothy Killeen about how his campuses are planning to cope with the state's looming financial issues.
"The second stopgap was very helpful. It gave us breathing room." - @Illinois_Alma pres. Tim Killeen on state budget issues.
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Later, we spoke with Western Illinois president Jack Thomas and Larry Dietz, president of Illinois State University in Normal.
“When we got the stopgap, that restored some confidence in higher education.” – President Jack Thomas, @WesternILUniv
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