The UI Springfield benefited from Kiplinger's reweighted criteria, as well as a relatively low student-faculty ratio of 14-to-1, senior associate editor Marc Wojno said.
"It obviously indicates students have more time with teachers in one-on-one academic study. And it is less expensive," Wojno said.
Illinois residents pay $8,670 on average a year for undergraduate tuition at the Springfield campus, and nearly 70 percent of students receive some form of financial aid. The "sticker price" for in-state residents is $19,702, or $11,489 after financial aid. The freshmen retention rate is 76 percent.
Susan Koch, vice president and chancellor of the UI Springfield, said students get a UI degree at an affordable cost "while at the same time experiencing the intimate learning environment that is the hallmark of the UIS experience."
The ranking was spotlighted in an January 4, 2012, article in the Champaign News-Gazette.
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Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Mallory Beck helping lead UIS
UIS women's basketball is 6-4 this year and the heart of its team is a player who doesn't get the most minutes or score the most points.
It’s almost cliché to hear a coach talk about a player’s commitment to the team, but Mallory Beck’s story may change your mind. On the surface she looks like any other two-sport athlete.
“I grew up with two brothers and they’ve been pushing me around and playing basketball forever it seems like,” said Beck.
But what you can’t see is her insulin pump. You see Beck has diabetes.
“I was diagnosed when I was six and I really don’t know anything different. It’s been part of my life forever,” said Beck.
Beck's story was featured by WCIA-TV in an January 3, 2012, report.
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It’s almost cliché to hear a coach talk about a player’s commitment to the team, but Mallory Beck’s story may change your mind. On the surface she looks like any other two-sport athlete.
“I grew up with two brothers and they’ve been pushing me around and playing basketball forever it seems like,” said Beck.
But what you can’t see is her insulin pump. You see Beck has diabetes.
“I was diagnosed when I was six and I really don’t know anything different. It’s been part of my life forever,” said Beck.
Beck's story was featured by WCIA-TV in an January 3, 2012, report.
Watch the story online
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Schoenburg: An enlightening take on Illinois politics
Former Senate President PHIL ROCK commanded attention when he spoke on the Senate floor, and his political memoir highlights in interesting detail who was who and how things got done during his time in government and politics.
“Nobody Calls Just to Say Hello: Reflections on Twenty-Two Years in the Illinois Senate,” was written with ED WOJCICKI, associate chancellor for constituent relations at the University of Illinois Springfield. The book, published by Southern Illinois University Press, lists for $29.95.
Wojcicki says he had to convince Rock, 74, who was in the Senate from 1971 to 1993, including the last 14 years as Senate president, that the project would help document the workings of the state.
Wojcicki interviewed Rock 28 times and talked to several other political players as well. The project took about seven years, Wojcicki said.
The book was featured by Bernard Schoenburg in an December 29, 2011, edition of The State Journal-Register.
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“Nobody Calls Just to Say Hello: Reflections on Twenty-Two Years in the Illinois Senate,” was written with ED WOJCICKI, associate chancellor for constituent relations at the University of Illinois Springfield. The book, published by Southern Illinois University Press, lists for $29.95.
Wojcicki says he had to convince Rock, 74, who was in the Senate from 1971 to 1993, including the last 14 years as Senate president, that the project would help document the workings of the state.
Wojcicki interviewed Rock 28 times and talked to several other political players as well. The project took about seven years, Wojcicki said.
The book was featured by Bernard Schoenburg in an December 29, 2011, edition of The State Journal-Register.
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