WFLD Fox 32 Chicago President and General Manager Dennis Welsh did not mince words about the perilous place Illinois’ growing pension crisis has left the state in during a recently aired editorial on the network in which he predicted voters are primed for revolt given anything short of pension reform.
Illinois’ record-setting 2017 income tax hike has done little to slow the state’s rising pension costs, leaving state taxpayers on the hook for nearly $250 billion in unfunded public pension liability.
At Quincy University, 92 percent of undergraduate students are traditional students - age 24 or younger - and 53 percent are male, according to the latest disclosure from the U.S. Department of Education.
At Blessing Rieman College of Nursing and Health Sciences, 74 percent of undergraduate students are traditional students - age 24 or younger - and 91 percent are female, according to the latest disclosure from the U.S. Department of Education.
At Blessing Hospital School of Medical Laboratory Technology, 50 percent of undergraduate students are traditional students - age 24 or younger - and 75 percent are female, according to the latest disclosure from the U.S. Department of Education.
At Gem City College, 53 percent of undergraduate students are nontraditional students - age 25 or older - and 55 percent are female, according to the latest disclosure from the U.S. Department of Education.
At John Wood Community College, 70 percent of undergraduate students are traditional students - age 24 or younger - and 60 percent are female, according to the latest disclosure from the U.S. Department of Education.
About 26.6 percent of the 252 degrees and certificates handed out by Quincy University in 2017-18 were to students in business, management, marketing, and related support services programs, making them the most popular programs that year, according to the latest disclosure from the U.S. Department of Education.
About 37.3 percent of the 466 degrees and certificates handed out by John Wood Community College in 2017-18 were to students in liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities programs, making them the most popular programs that year, according to the latest disclosure from the U.S. Department of Education.