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              Summit Moderator - Judy Erwin

Higher Education: Why It Matters [Size: 33MB Duration: 1:11:25 ]
Presentation by Dennis Jones
Response panel: Paul Lingenfelter, Moderator
Roderick Chu, Jeffrey Mays, Senator Kwame Raoul, Representative Mike Bost

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Luncheon [Size: 17.5MB Duration: 0:43:42]
Presentation by Richard Stephens

• PowerPoint Presentation

Access & Success [Size: 28MB Duration: 1:08:08 ]
Presentation by Jennifer Presley
Response panel: Dennis Jones, Moderator
Randy Dunn, Paul Lingenfelter, Beverley Anderson, Danielle Gaines, Representative Will Davis

• PowerPoint Presentation

Dollars & Sense [Size: 30.8MB Duration: 1:17:08]
Presentation by Nicole Barry & Judith Flink
Response panel: Father John Minogue, Moderator
Robert Barr, Ashley Dearborn, Ann Ladky,
Senator Christine Radogno, Representative David Miller

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• Summit Program
• Panelist Bios
• Attendee Listing
• Illinois Community College System Fact Sheet
• Changes in College Affordability in Illinois
• Uncertain and Unplanned: The Future of Public Higher Education
• MEASURING UP: 2004 State Report Card
• ILLINOIS’s Educational Pipeline
• Educational Level of Illinois' Workforce Projected to Decline