Why Chicago-area high school students are leaving Illinois for college - Adam Thorp and Jane Recker, Chicago Sun Times

Enrollment reports for the 2018 school year show a dip in the total number of students attending Illinois’ four-year public universities in what’s become a difficult decade for the system. As of last year, the number of students in the state’s public colleges and universities already was down 10 percent since 2010, with fewer students coming from out-of-state and more in-state students deciding to leave, according to figures collected by the Illinois Board of Higher Education. Even that figure hides deeper problems at the state’s regional universities, with the numbers propped up by just a few schools, especially the Chicago and Urbana-Champaign campuses of the University of Illinois. https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/illinois-high-school-graduates-leaving-illinois-chicago-suburbs-colleges-universities-outofstate-higher-education/