Redfield examines state's need for recall provision

Professor Kent Redfield believes that rather than amending the state constitution to include a recall provision for elected officials, Illinois would be better served if more people got involved in the political process.

He outlines this state's existing mechanisms for removing elected officials and takes a brief look at recall, at the federal level and in other states, in an article that appeared in the March 2008 edition of the Illinois Business Journal.

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20080410-IBJ-Recall.pdf

Spring Enrollment down slightly

UIS enrollment for the spring '08 semester is down nearly 4 percent. While no one can say exactly why, part of the reason might be changed requirements for the campus' largest academic program, computer science. Projections for the fall semester remain good.

An article in the March 26, 2008, State Journal-Register reports on spring enrollment figures for UIS, Lincoln Land, and Springfield College.

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20080326-sjr-EnrollmentDown.pdf

Schroeder works to expand access through online learning

Ray Schroeder, director of UIS' Office of Technology-Enhanced Learning, believes that e-learning is key to expanding future access to higher education. Therefore, he is playing an integral part in the effort to establish a national online learning consortium to serve small and mid-size colleges and universities.

In February, Schroeder was in Washington to speak with administrators and staff of that state's Higher Education Coordinating Board and to share UIS' experiences with developing online initiatives.

The February 2008 edition of the Washington Higher Education Coordinating Board Update profiles Schroeder's visit.

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200800229-WHECB-OnlineKey.pdf