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Environmental greenness may not improve student test scores, study finds

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Researchers at the University of Illinois and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service suggest in a new study that environmental greenness may not be associated with higher test scores in schoolchildren after all. In a study that involved more than 400 public schools in Chicago, the Illinois-led team found that there […]

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Photo of Ben Marx, a professor of economics at Illinois.

For community college students, ‘nudge-induced borrowing’ increases achievement

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Student loan amounts listed in community college financial aid award letters not only nudge students toward borrowing, but the offers of financial aid also lead to better academic results, according to research co-written by a University of Illinois expert who studies the nonprofit sector and higher education. “Nudge-induced borrowing” increased students’ grade […]

Expert viewpoints Universities decisions to no longer require ACT/SAT scores and to award reverse-transfer degrees to students could make college degrees attainable for more students, according to Eboni Zamani-Gallaher, the director of the Office of Community College Research and Leadership at the U. of I.

Universities decisions to no longer require ACT/SAT scores and to award reverse-transfer degrees to students could make college degrees attainable for more students, according to Eboni Zamani-Gallaher, the director of the Office of Community College Research and Leadership at the U. of I.

How is higher education making college degrees more attainable?

Eboni Zamani-Gallaher is the director of the Office of Community College Research and Leadership and associate dean of the Graduate College at the University of Illinois. Zamani-Gallaher spoke recently with News Bureau education editor Sharita Forrest about the University of Chicago’s decision to no longer require applicants to take the ACT or SAT, reverse transfer […]

Social sciences Many middle-class teens in China are embarking on study tours of university campuses in the U.S., a market sector that could be lucrative for colleges and tourism-related businesses in the Midwest, according to a new study led by Joy Huang, a professor of recreation, sport and tourism at the University of Illinois.

Many middle-class teens in China are embarking on study tours of university campuses in the U.S., a market sector that could be lucrative for colleges and tourism-related businesses in the Midwest, according to a new study led by Joy Huang, a professor of recreation, sport and tourism at the University of Illinois.

College tours for Chinese teens a rapidly growing market for tourist industry

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Growing numbers of families in China are sending their teens on college tours in other countries, creating a potentially lucrative market sector for universities, college towns and tourism-related businesses, a new study suggests. While the itineraries of these study tours used to concentrate on the Ivy League schools and their peers scattered […]

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Krista Wilkinson, an expert on using the performing arts to teach social and communication skills to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, will give the annual Goldstick Family Lecture in the Study of Communication Disorders at the University of Illinois. The founder of the Changed for Better: For Good performance troupe, Wilkinson also is a professor of communication sciences and disorders at Pennsylvania State University.

Founder of musical theater troupe for people with disabilities to give Goldstick Lecture

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Krista Wilkinson, the founder of a musical theater troupe for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, will give the annual Goldstick Family Lecture in the Study of Communication Disorders at the University of Illinois on Sept. 13. Wilkinson, a professor of communication sciences and disorders at Pennsylvania State University, will discuss the […]

Social sciences Graduating college with student loan debt may compromise black and Hispanic young adults ability to build wealth until at least age 30, University of Illinois social work professor Min Zhan found in a new study.

Graduating college with student loan debt may compromise black and Hispanic young adults ability to build wealth until at least age 30, University of Illinois social work professor Min Zhan found in a new study.

Study: Student loans hamper wealth accumulation among black, Hispanic adults

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Black and Hispanic adults who graduate college owing money on student loans have significantly lower net worth at age 30 than students who don’t borrow to pay for college, a new study suggests. Black and Hispanic adults in the study who reported having outstanding student loans when they graduated college had $36,000 […]

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Study: Child care providers often lack the training, resources to serve children with disabilities

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Although the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law nearly 30 years ago, a recent statewide survey of child care providers and early interventionists in Illinois suggests little has changed with regard to promoting the inclusion of infants and children with disabilities in child care settings. Nearly 70 percent of the […]

Announcements The first class of the Carle Illinois College of Medicine will receive privately funded, four-year tuition scholarships.

Carle Illinois College of Medicine welcomes first class of students

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The Carle Illinois College of Medicine, the world’s first engineering-based medical school, welcomed its first class of 32 students July 2. A partnership between the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the Carle Health System, the college aims to create a cohort of physician-innovators who exemplify the qualities of compassion, competence, curiosity […]

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The theme of the 2018 Beginning Teacher Conference, hosted by the Illinois New Teacher Collaborative, will be Whole Child, Whole Teacher, Whole Community. The conference is geared toward kindergarten through 12th-grade educators who are in their first year of teaching.

Annual Beginning Teacher Conference to be June 26-27

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Two Chicago teachers who recently received Golden Apple Awards for their innovative teaching practices will be the keynote speakers at the 2018 Beginning Teacher Conference at the University of Illinois. Now in its eighth year, the conference will be held at the I Hotel and Conference Center, 1900 S. First St., Champaign. […]

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Illinois design students create virtual reality scenarios for those soon to be released from prison

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Graphic design and industrial design students at the University of Illinois created immersive reality scenarios to help people who are soon to be released from prison learn how to navigate public transportation, pay at the pump at a gas station or order from a digital kiosk at a fast-food restaurant. They were […]

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Conference to explore impact of erratic state funding on higher education

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The impact of unpredictable state funding on students and postsecondary institutions will be the focus of an upcoming conference at the University of Illinois. The Volatility in State Spending for Higher Education conference will be held June 4-5 at the I-Hotel and Conference Center, 1900 S. First St., Champaign. Experts on higher […]

Life sciences Illinois professor Andrew Smith, right, and graduate student Mohammad Zahid developed a technique to track molecules that deliver drugs and genes to cells.

Illinois professor Andrew Smith, right, and graduate student Mohammad Zahid developed a technique to track molecules that deliver drugs and genes to cells.

New technique can track drug and gene delivery to cells

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — With targeted drug and gene therapies, finding the target cells is only half the battle. Once these agents reach a cell’s surface, they still have to get inside and do their job. University of Illinois researchers say they now know how to track and map drug and gene delivery vehicles to evaluate […]

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