New 4-year state university in Peoria?

[Buesch N Chips]

Awesome. Another team to root for. I'm in.

[tornado]

if ISU is ever gonna expand and have a branch in Peoria - then I would not be happy about this...

ISU over in Normal, IL is trying to make the city & the taxpayers pony up and PAY FOR nearly
half the $1.2 million cost of renovating their football field just because they believe it will make the main "corridor" look prettier!!
Apparently the Normal mayor is on ISU's side - hmm...

http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/government-and-politics/isu-asks-normal-for-money-for-hancock/article_09d01b52-e2bf-11e2-92bd-001a4bcf887a.html

[Chico]

Overseas students attending top Universities pay more than domestic students?

Unless you're an illegal in Arizona.

[Old Coach]

Overseas students attending top Universities pay more than domestic students?

One of eight undergrads at the University of Illinois are international students. Furthermore, there are more international students than African Americans and American Hispanics combined.

[Prexy IX]

One of eight undergrads at the University of Illinois are international students. Furthermore, there are more international students than African Americans and American Hispanics combined.

But where there's smoke, there's fire...and it's being discussed that certain powerful players are working behind the scenes to land a 4-year STATE school campus in Peoria.
Reportedly these include people who are no friend to Bradley....

and here are some other examples -
ICC expanded from just an East Peoria campus to having downtown Peoria and a North Peoria campuses..
U of I had a "Chicago Circle Campus" but it grew so much it is now an independent university (UIC)...
Northwestern also has a CHICAGO campus - LINK....
Purdue placed a campus just outside the south Chicago suburbs - Purdue Calumet Campus
even private schools, Robert Morris University - which already had Chicago & Springfield campuses, is now very active promoting their Peoria campus...and Lewis Univ. has a Chicago Campus.

There has long been talk that it might happen with ICC affiliating with University of Illinois in Champaign - and developing an idea for a U of I campus in Peoria as a state school...
here's an article about that very idea from just last fall -
http://wglt.org/wireready/news/2012/...a_041838.shtml

Actually, UIC was formed by the merger of two historically separate campuses of the University of Illinois--the Medical Center campus dating to the 1800"s and the Chicago Circle campus. The Medical Center campus was comprised of colleges of medicine, nursing, pharmacy, dentistry, public health, and allied health as well as a 350 bed university hospital and its associated clinics. The merger was done in 1982.

[tornado]

prexy - that is confusing - the med school grads from Chicago don't get a diploma from UIC - they get a diploma from University of Illinois..
and the branches of the Med School in Peoria & Rockford also grant degrees that are from University of Illinois

[Prexy IX]

prexy - that is confusing - the med school grads from Chicago don't get a diploma from UIC - they get a diploma from University of Illinois..
and the branches of the Med School in Peoria & Rockford also grant degrees that are from University of Illinois

All grads from all campuses get a diploma from the University of Illinois signed by the President of the University. The President attends each campus' graduation ceremony to confer the degrees. Campus chancellors don't have that power.

[LongTimeFan]

I graduated from Sangamon, ICC extension courses, over 30 years ago. After Sangamon became U of I Sangamon State, the U of I offered to send me U of I Sangamon State diploma. Of course they were looking for some money. I still get requests for money from them.

[tornado]

The idea of a new 4-year school in the Peoria area might get a boost
as a four year undergrad school nearby in Springfield is closing all their undergrad programs.
Springfield Benedictine University is closing all their undergrad programs - they will still have some online, adult undergrad, and graduate programs..

http://www.sj-r.com/article/20141023/NEWS/141029758

I believe their basketball team has played a few current MVC teams - mostly exhibitions

[tornado]

Why not -- gotta be a lot of $$ for this just sitting in Springfield's coffers...

http://www.1470wmbd.com/Peoria-Council-wants-to--research-four-year-univer/10294747

Peoria State University?
State University of Peoria?
State University of Central Illinois? (be thankful it's not Kentucky)

this is an older thread but just wanted to revive it in context of Illinois' really severe budget issues...
This is likely a dead topic since there's just no way the finances would allow a new state school - but this article from last month indicates almost all the other state schools have truly serious financial issues...
and that there's even talk of perhaps closure of one

http://www.bondbuyer.com/news/regionalnews/six-illinois-universities-downgraded-amid-budget-gridlock-1087900-1.html