University eyes potential partnership with academy

Administrators with the University of Illinois and the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy are considering a partnership between the two institutions, according to top officials.

Leaders from both schools met in March and plan to meet again this week to talk about ideas and what a memorandum of understanding between the two institutions would look like.

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