Illinois Senator Roland Burris refused to resign on Tuesday, February 24, despite pressure from his home state, fellow Senators, including Illinois Senator Richard Durbin, and others. Burris has changed his story several times about whether he tried to raise money for former governor Rod Blagojevich.
According to Kent Redfield, professor emeritus of political science at UIS, national Democrats are feeling like Burris "hung them out to dry," as quoted in a February 24, 2009, article in the Associated Press.
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20090224-AP-Burrisnotresigning.pdf
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Burris returns to DC despite calls for resignation
Illinois senator Roland Burris returned to Washington D.C. on February 24 in the midst of calls for his resignation because of accusations that he has lied about circumstances surrounding his appointment from former governor Rod Blagojevich.
If Burris chooses not to resign, he may find it difficult to recruit a staff and could be isolated politically, according to Kent Redfield, professor emeritus of political science at UIS.
Redfield's quotes were featured in a February 24, 2009, article from the Associated Press about Burris.
Download a PDF of the article
20090224-AP-BurrisDC.pdf
If Burris chooses not to resign, he may find it difficult to recruit a staff and could be isolated politically, according to Kent Redfield, professor emeritus of political science at UIS.
Redfield's quotes were featured in a February 24, 2009, article from the Associated Press about Burris.
Download a PDF of the article
20090224-AP-BurrisDC.pdf
UIS spearheads online learning collaboration
UIS recently joined a handful of other universities for a new online learning effort spearheaded by UIS and supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to improve the overall quality, offerings and availability of online courses.
The collaboration is one of the latest directions of online learning at a time when the recession
has driven more people to enroll in post-secondary education classes.
The effort was detailed in an article in the February 23, 2009, Southern Oregon's Mail Tribune with quotes from Ray Schroeder, director of the Office of Technology-Enhanced Learning at UIS.
Download a PDF of the article
20090223-MailTribune-onlinelearning.pdf
The collaboration is one of the latest directions of online learning at a time when the recession
has driven more people to enroll in post-secondary education classes.
The effort was detailed in an article in the February 23, 2009, Southern Oregon's Mail Tribune with quotes from Ray Schroeder, director of the Office of Technology-Enhanced Learning at UIS.
Download a PDF of the article
20090223-MailTribune-onlinelearning.pdf
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