Fiscal Focus Quarterly

              Comptroller Daniel W. Hynes
APRIL 2002 ISSUE
QUARTERLY
IN THIS ISSUE
Fiscal
Smarts
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IN THIS ISSUE
Focus On
Revenue
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IN THIS ISSUE
Focus On
Spending
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Vital
Statistics
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A Profile of Illinois
Higher Education
Illinois has a long tradition of excellence in higher education. The University
of Illinois, established as a Land Grant school in 1862, has been and continues
to be a national leader in many disciplines. But the system of higher education
is much more diverse and complex. There is a strong array of public and pri-vate
institutions that includes 12 public universities, 48 community colleges, 99
private, non-profit institutions, and 26 proprietary institutions.
The public universities include Chicago State University, Eastern Illinois
University, Governors State University, Northeastern Illinois University,
Western Illinois University, Illinois State University, Northern Illinois
University, Southern Illinois University, and the University of Illinois. The com-munity
colleges are spread throughout 39 local community college districts.
The private schools include names such as the University of Chicago and
Northwestern University, while DeVry Institute of Technology and the
Rockford Business College are examples of some of the proprietary institutions.
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