Graduation

An estimated 89% of students in the 2026 school year are on track to graduate. This is up from 76.5% in the 2025 school year. Last year, 31% of students graduated with college credit through Advanced Placement courses.

It's college graduation season and the young people matriculating school this year have spent more than half their college time in the middle of a pandemic. Commencement speakers are trying to find messages of optimism for these young people entering the working world.

Heartland Community College will not hold a traditional graduation ceremony this spring, opting instead for a virtual alternative commencement amid the…

If it seems like graduation is coming early this year, you are right.Several Bloomington-Normal high schools will be sending their young adults into the…