No-frills higher education budget proposed
SPRINGFIELD – The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign was happy to see its $52 million Lincoln Hall renovation project listed as a top priority in the Illinois Board of Higher Education's budget proposal this week, but the overall outlook for the state's universities and community colleges was a little more bleak.
The board's proposed budget for the year beginning July 1 represents "a careful, realistic way of thinking" in light of the state's current fiscal crisis, said executive director Dan LaVista.
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