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State and local financial support for junior colleges became an obligation of all Illinois residents, whether they resided within the boundaries of a junior college district or not. On July 15, 1965, the Junior College Act became effective; and on August 1 the school boards of districts operating junior colleges with separate educational and ...
Hedding College (1855–1927), in Abingdon, absorbed by Illinois Wesleyan University in 1930; Hillsboro College (1847–1852), in Hillsboro, moved to Springfield in 1852 as Illinois State University (1852–1870), moved to Carthage in 1870 and became Carthage College; Illinois Institute of Art – Chicago (1916–2018, Chicago)
The basic subdivisions of Illinois are the 102 counties. [2] Illinois has more units of local government than any other state—over 8,000 in all. [3] The Constitution of 1970 created, for the first time in Illinois, a type of "home rule", which allows localities to govern themselves to a certain extent. [4]
Community College District No. 507 encompasses most of Vermilion County, Illinois, along with portions of Edgar, Iroquois, Champaign and Ford counties. [9] As of February 2016, residents of this district, or students who work in-district more than 35 hours per week, pay tuition of $125.00 per credit hour, [10] and all students pay a $15 per credit hour technology / activity fee. [11]
Spoon River College was founded on October 17, 1959, as Canton Community College, [5] after the Canton Union School District passed a referendum to establish a junior college, [6] to allow students from the local high school district the opportunity to receive post-secondary education similar to university curriculum. It held its first classes ...
Illinois Valley Community College (IVCC) is a community college in Oglesby, Illinois. The college serves a 2,000-square-mile (5,200 km 2) district encompassing all of Putnam and parts of Bureau, LaSalle, DeKalb, Grundy, Lee, Livingston, and Marshall counties. [3] The college sits on a 425-acre (1.72 km 2) campus that was constructed in 1972. [4]
Elgin Community College (ECC) is a public community college in Elgin, Illinois. It was founded in 1949 as part of Elgin Area School District U46 . Community College District 509 was formed 17 years later in 1966, a year after Illinois legislators created the Illinois Community College System .
Oakton College is a member of National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA), and offers men's teams in baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, tennis, and track and field; and women's teams in basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, tennis, track and field, and volleyball. Students may also participate in a variety ...