By RFD Radio Network
CARBONDALE – Illinois State Senator Paul Schimpf praising Bruce Rauner after the Governor signs legislation to make it easier for Illinois high school seniors to go to college in-state.
Schimpf is on the higher education committee. He says for his district to do well, the state’s colleges and universities have to do well.
“The governor’s signing some of those recommendations from the higher ed working group, I think is a important step to really reverse the trend and make our local students, who are good students, consider staying in Illinois for higher education,” Schimpf said.
Enrollment numbers show SIU-Carbondale’s freshmen enrollment has dropped roughly 40 percent between the fall of 2015 and the fall of 2017.
“One of the things that we have to have if we’re going to be doing well economically in southern Illinois is SIU-Carbondale has to be doing well,” Schimpf explained.