The Partnership For College Completion
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This report evaluates both the successes and the areas of improvement for Illinois’ higher education system since the Developmental Education Reform Act (DERA) was implemented nearly five years ago.
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Throughout 2026, PCC will celebrate the past 10 years, assess the current landscape of challenges and opportunities, and look to debut our new strategic plan later this year. That all kicks off with the release of our Impact Report.
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PCC’s Illinois College Transfer Pathways dashboards feature a series of interactive data visualizations, offering a clearer picture to undergraduate community college transfer student rates and patterns throughout the state.
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This report presents a new higher education accountability framework that centers students, prioritizes adequate resourcing, and promotes transparency, collaboration, and measurable progress across the state’s public university system.
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Higher education is under threat—making college less affordable and less attainable for the very students our system has long underserved. PCC is standing firm to ensure that doesn’t happen.
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This report’s analysis of wealth, income, and college-going make the multi-dimensionality of economic need clear, and the recommendations use that information to get more students to and through college.
Read the ReportThe Partnership for College Completion (PCC) advances solutions that address historic inequities in our higher education system.
We advocate for bold equity-centered policies that improve college access and affordability and address structural barriers to persistence and completion.
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We partner with Illinois colleges and universities to provide support as they develop and deploy equity-centered strategies on campus.
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We use data and research to advance both transformational equity change on college and universities campuses and through state policy efforts in Illinois.
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Explore our tools for equity—resources created for higher education leaders and practitioners committed to driving campus change.
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Here’s our playbook for how lawmakers can make more equity-centered higher education appropriations.
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See how Illinois Equity in Attainment initiative (ILEA) partners are working to eliminate racial and socioeconomic disparities in degree completion on their campuses.
Equity Plans
Help advance equity in Illinois higher education today by downloading our digital advocacy resources.
Our libraryThe Partnership for College Completion (PCC) and Young Invincibles (YI) are coming together to lead the Illinois College Student Basic Needs Task Force, addressing student basic needs insecurity...
The Partnership for College Completion was granted a transformative, multi-year award from Ascendium Education Group that will support the next phase of work on the Developmental Education Reform...
The Partnership for College Completion is pleased to welcome Rebecca Popelka and Michael Nearpass to the organization’s team, and celebrate the promotion of Paola Salgado. Popelka and Nearpass...
Failing to adequately fund higher education would continue this trend, diminishing the governor’s own record of turning that history around and putting college further out of reach for...
