Friday, September 23, 2016

Illinois budget crisis leading to ‘brain drain’ - Jeff Burnett, the Journal

“I don’t think any of the universities can survive at the level we need them to operate without adequate state funding,” former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar said. “And the smaller state universities… it’s devastating” Governors State University announced in a statement last Tuesday that it will be closing its Illinois Small Business Development Center and its SBDC International Trade Center due the budget crisis. Other universities, like Western Illinois University and Chicago State University, have made major cut backs. “Even if you got a budget tomorrow really serious damage has already been done,” said Gov. Edgar. http://uisjournal.com/news/2016/09/14/illinois-budget-crisis-leading-to-brain-drain/