Students on the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus in December. Two pieces of Illinois legislation aim to make a college degree more accessible: The first would allow residents to apply to any of the stateâs 12 public universities without submitting SAT or ACT scores, while the other would guarantee well-performing community college students a spot at the University of Illinois.
JOSE M. OSORIO, CHICAGO TRIBUNE
Big changes could be coming to admissions at public universities in Illinois after two expansive bills cleared the state Senate Higher Education Committee in recent days.
The two pieces of legislation aim to make a degree more accessible: The first would allow residents to apply to any of the stateâs 12 public universities without submitting SAT or ACT scores, while the other would guarantee well-performing community college students a spot at the University of Illinois.