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The FIVE WORST Colleges in Illinois for 2024
What qualifies as a "bad college?" One of the most crucial factors to consider when evaluating a college is its graduation rates. If your students aren't graduating from your college, what are you even doing? It's that simple. As someone who attended several different colleges and universities, I won't put...
Illinois HS State Finalist Luke Bucaro Commits to Notre Dame (2025)
With another year still ahead of him to improve, Bucaro's time in the 1000 free would have been seven seconds behind the top time this season at Notre Dame. Current photo via Luke Bucaro. Fitter and Faster Swim Camps is the proud sponsor of SwimSwam’s College Recruiting Channel and all...
Elite University Profs’ Obstruction Charges Over Pro-Palestinian Protests Dropped
Four educators at Northwestern University had their charges dropped Friday after being arrested on Thursday for obstructing law enforcement during a pro-Palestinian encampment in April, according to ABC 7 Chicago. The four faculty members were previously charged with a Class A misdemeanor that would have landed them a $2,500 fine...
Fifth ward school to be named “Foster School” at groundbreaking, decades in the making
In 2005, Evanston native Jerome Summers started his fight to reopen a 5th Ward neighborhood school, Foster School, which he had attended through the fifth grade in the ‘60s. That is until he began getting bussed to the primarily white Lincolnwood Elementary as part of the city’s integration initiative that, he said, ended up being “terrible” for the community.
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