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Board Agendas, Minutes & Audio


Wednesday, March 12, 2025 1:00PM In Person

PRAIRIE STATE COLLEGE, CONFERENCE CENTER,
PROVEN IT ROOM, 1318-1320, 202 S. HALSTED STREET, CHICAGO HEIGHTS, IL 60411
AND ONLINE VIA ZOOM.

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Minutes

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Meeting Agenda

A. Call to Order/Roll call

  • Call Meeting to Order and Remarks, Pranav Kothari, Chair

  • Action to Permit Board Member Virtual Attendance

  • Welcome and Remarks, President Michael D. Anthony, PhD, Prairie State College

  • Executive Director Report, Ginger Ostro, Executive Director

B. Advisory Committee

Student Advisory Committee

  • Prudence Barajas, Chair of the Student Advisory Committee, Roosevelt University

  • Penny Bordewick, Vice-Chair of the Student Advisory Committee, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale

C. One Click College Admit”: An Update on Illinois Direct Admissions

  • Ginger Ostro, Executive Director, IBHE

  • Colleen Sexton, Ph.D., Assistant Director of Transfer Initiatives, IBHE

D. Public Comment

  1. Request from Members of the Public to Address the Board

E. Action Items

  1. Consideration and Approval of New Units of Instruction at Public Service, and Research at Public Universities (Dr. Nkechi Onwuameze)

  2. Consideration and Approval of New Operating and/or Degree- Granting Authority for Independent Institutions (Dr. Nkechi Onwuameze)

  3. Consideration and Approval of New Units of Instruction, Public Community Colleges (Dr. Nkechi Onwuameze)

F. Consent Agenda Action Items

  1. Consideration and Approval of Non-Instructional Capital Projects – Southern Illinois University

  2. Consideration and Approval of Non-Instructional Capital Projects – University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

  3. Consideration and Approval of Board Meeting Minutes – January 22, 2025

G. Other Business

  1. The next meeting will be Wednesday, June 25, 2025, at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield.

H. Adjournment

This meeting will be audio recorded and a copy may be requested through the IBHE website.
Board agenda materials online at: www.ibhe.org.

In compliance with pertinent state and federal laws, this meeting will be accessible to persons with disabilities upon notification of anticipated attendance. Persons planning to attend and needing special accommodations should contact: Board Secretary, Illinois Board of Higher Education, 1 North Old State Capitol Plaza, Suite 333, Springfield, Illinois 62701, telephone: 217/557-7351 (TTD 217/524-3494), e-mail: bealon@ibhe.org by March 11, 2025.