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Creating clear, unambiguous paths
to college and career opportunities

Education Systems Center at Northern Illinois University (EdSystems) is a mission-driven policy development and program implementation center. We foster collaborative partnerships to design, implement, and evaluate policies and practices that ensure successful transitions to and through postsecondary and career opportunities for students, with a particular emphasis on historically marginalized populations.

Legislative Preview: What’s Happening in the Illinois 104th General Assembly?

Illinois legislators are currently considering a number of education and workforce development bills. In this article, we preview proposed bills with the potential to reform university funding, manufacturing pathways, student placement and transfers, high school requirements, the use of AI, and postsecondary data dashboards.

Governor Pritzker’s Proposed FY2026 Budget: Education Highlights

Governor JB Pritzker presented his proposed 2025–26 budget on February 19, which maintains largely stable funding for K-12 and higher education with modest increases for Career and Technical Education and the Monetary Award Program, building on the past several years of progress and extending several impactful initiatives.

Join ICCB and EdSystems for a free webinar to explore a new repository of field-tested CBE resources and hear insights from community college leaders implementing workforce-aligned industrial maintenance and welding programs.
Join the Success Network for a free webinar with JFF to learn more about emerging national research and new tools that can support the development of pathways that lead not only to careers, but to connection and choice.
The I-WIN community discussed the challenges, successes, and best practices in offering in-house work-based learning opportunities.