Government
Elmhurst League of Women Voters to host candidate forum
The Elmhurst League of Women Voters will host a candidate forum at 1 p.m. Sunday at Elmhurst City Hall.
College of Dupage
College of DuPage is a two-year community college in Glen Ellyn that serves 29,000 students from the main campus and facilities in Addison, Bloomingdale, Carol Stream, Naperville, West Chicago and Westmont. The school, begun in 1967, operates a public radio station and newspaper, and is noted for its departments in architecture and meteorology. Robert L. Breuder is the college's president.
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State Senate panel probes college severance deals
The Illinois Senate’s Higher Education Committee recently created a fact-finding subcommittee in response to questionable executive severance deals at state universities and community colleges in the state.
Government
With rich state pensions the issue, state pensioner-candidates in DuPage face new scrutiny
Governor Bruce Rauner visited Lombard on Sunday, where he talked once again about public employee unions. When the governor talks about public employee unions, he’s really alluding to the lavish public employee pensions for which they’ve long advocated.
Government
Ives leads GOP charge against lavish severance packages
State Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Dist. 42) recently took the lead in expressing constituents' frustration and disappointment with the College of DuPage Board's agreement on severance packages.
Government
College of DuPage reaches record enrollment
Full-time enrollment is at an all-time high at the College of DuPage.
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Cullerton: College priority is education, not golden parachutes
State Sen. Tom Cullerton (D-Villa Park) expressed his outrage over the “golden parachute” given to College of DuPage President Robert Breuder.
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Ives requests audit of COD in response to buyout deal
BodyState Representative Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) has filed a house resolution, asking the Illinois Auditor General to initiate a performance audit of state money awarded to the College of DuPage.
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College of DuPage president to retire in 2016
Longtime College of DuPage (COD) President Robert Breuder told the Board of Trustees in a letter last week that he plans to retire next year.