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Retreat Agenda


Wednesday June 25, 2025 ● 9:00 A.M

THIS MEETING WILL CONVENE AT 9:00 A.M. IN PERSON AT THE
ABRAHAM LINCOLN PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM,
MULTIPURPOSE ROOM, 112 N. SIXTH ST., SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS AND
VIRTUALLY BY TELECONFERENCE AND VIDEOCONFERENCE.

Agenda

A. Call to Order/Roll call

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

  • Action to Permit Board Member Virtual Attendance

  • Overview, Pranav Kothari, Chair and Ginger Ostro, Executive Director

B. Accountability and Transparency in Higher Education

  • Building a Data Dashboard with a Human-Centered Design Process, Rachel Switzky, Director, Siebel Center for Design

C. Student Success, Equity Plans, and Meeting Student Basic Needs

  • A National and Regional Perspective, Veronica Herrero, Vice-Chair, IBHE Board, and Executive Vice Chancellor, City Colleges of Chicago

  • IBHE Efforts Underway, Ashley Lewis, Assistant Director of Policy Research, IBHE and Melissa Van, Policy Research Associate, IBHE

D. Public Comment

  • Request from Members of the Public to Address the Board

E. Adjournment


This meeting will be recorded and a copy may be requested through the IBHE website.

Board agenda materials online at: www.ibhe.org.

In compliance with 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: Interim 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 June 24, 2025.