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Dietz retired as Illinois State University's president in 2021 after seven years in the role, and 10 years with the university overall. He was named a finalist for the interim presidency at St. Cloud State in March.
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Donors gave more than $2.7 million to an annual fundraiser for Illinois Wesleyan University, breaking last year's record of just over $2.6 million.
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Sheahon Zenger will succeed outgoing Illinois Wesleyan president Georgia Nugent, who will step down at the end of the academic year. Zenger will assume the private liberal arts university's top job on July 1.
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A seventh attempt to update the Dual Credit Quality Act has cleared an Illinois House committee, extending the deadline to successfully bring it to the full House. Strong opposition from community college faculty, including both faculty unions at Heartland Community College, curbed a vote last week.
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Larry Dietz is one of two finalists in the running for an interim presidency at St. Cloud University in Minnesota, about an hour north of Minneapolis. He is scheduled to visit the campus on Thursday, April 4.
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Now that the flap over spending on donor entertainment is over, and trustees have named a permanent ISU president, several interim positions need to be filled. One of those is in the Athletics Department.
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Illinois State University has released summaries of an internal audit of Athletics Department spending and of an external audit commissioned in the wake of questionable expenditures that led to the resignation of Athletic Director Kyle Brennan last year.
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After producing a report on dual credit trends, a task force of unionized Heartland Community College faculty raised concerns about proposed changes to the Dual Credit Quality Act.
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Some worry about the militarization of police agencies nationwide as tactical units, automatic weapons, body armor, and armored vehicles proliferate to cities across the nation. A noted scholar who will appear at Illinois State University on March 28 said that's really nothing new.
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The plan would increase spending at Illinois four-year campuses by $1.4 billion over the next 10 or 15 years and drive money to schools with higher need students.