Full Text of SJR0088 94th General Assembly
SJ0088eng 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 88 | 2 |
| (As Amended by Senate Amendment No. 1)
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| WHEREAS, The Illinois higher education system is comprised | 4 |
| of three main sectors that are each vital to the education, | 5 |
| training, and economic vitality of our State; and
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| WHEREAS, The State's higher education system includes 9 | 7 |
| public universities on 12 campuses, 48 community colleges, 94
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| independent, not-for-profit colleges and universities, and 30 | 9 |
| independent, for-profit institutions, which are each important | 10 |
| to the citizens of Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, The State has a vested interest in seeing the | 12 |
| continuing development of collaborations between institutions | 13 |
| of higher learning and between the sectors in the higher | 14 |
| education system; and
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| WHEREAS, Higher education institutions are good employers | 16 |
| and are also vital contributors to many local economies across | 17 |
| the State; and
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| WHEREAS, Community colleges and bachelor's degree-granting | 19 |
| institutions often form collaborative, bachelor's | 20 |
| degree-completion arrangements to deliver upper-level courses | 21 |
| on the community college campuses; and
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| WHEREAS, Community colleges have on occasion formed | 23 |
| partnerships with public and private colleges and universities | 24 |
| that are from another state; and
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| WHEREAS, The State of Illinois will benefit from the | 26 |
| continued success and growth of Illinois institutions of higher | 27 |
| education; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | 2 |
| CONCURRING HEREIN, that we urge the Board of Higher Education | 3 |
| to strongly encourage community colleges seeking | 4 |
| baccalaureate-completion partnerships to give preference to | 5 |
| Illinois-based private and public institutions as partners, | 6 |
| when possible, and to promote those community colleges that | 7 |
| give this preference; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That we direct the Board of Higher Education to | 9 |
| conduct an inventory of baccalaureate-completion programs and | 10 |
| partnerships between community colleges and public and | 11 |
| private, in-state and out-of-state institutions and report its | 12 |
| findings to the Higher Education Committees of the Senate and | 13 |
| the House of Representatives on or before December 31, 2006; | 14 |
| and be it further | 15 |
| RESOLVED, That we urge the Illinois Community College Board | 16 |
| (ICCB) to review its policies and guidelines for Illinois | 17 |
| community colleges that are seeking four-year institutions as | 18 |
| degree-completion partners, with regard to preferences for | 19 |
| Illinois-based institutions, and we urge the ICCB to create | 20 |
| guidelines that will guide community colleges to seek | 21 |
| Illinois-based institutions as bachelor's degree partners, | 22 |
| when possible; and be it further | 23 |
| RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 24 |
| delivered to the members of the Board of Higher Education and | 25 |
| the Illinois Community College Board.
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