Join Women Employed at upcoming events, including Lumina FutureReady States, join the Illinois MSI Network at College Changes Everything, where you can also learn about our Healthcare Career Pathways study, and more!

Registration is now open for ICCB’s DERA Conference on April 17, 2025. Plus, get guidance on DEI in higher education from Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul, learn about Women Employed’s new For the Common Good campaign, find out what’s happening with student loans, and more!

In this issue, save the date for ICCB’s Dev Ed Conference, learn about new workplace laws in Illinois, welcome ASPIRE’s newest school, save the date for The Working Lunch, and more!

In this issue, register for MSI 101, read about a new bill to ensure an equitable funding formula for Illinois public universities, learn about our healthcare career pathways research project, get ready to vote, and more!

In this issue: calling all healthcare workers for a research project, learn about early childhood scholarships for 2025, join an MSI network, find out about AANAPISI Midwest information sessions, relive The Working Lunch, and more!

In this issue, read an update on the Equitable Funding Commission’s final report, see how we’re advocating for MAP grants, find out where you can get help on the FAFSA, save the date for College Changes Everything, and more!

In this issue, check out our 2024 legislative agenda, learn about the redesigned FAFSA, get the scoop on student loan forgiveness and debt repayment, read new guidance for campus equity plans, and learn about the Pattis Family Foundation Summer Leadership Program!

Check out some of our 2023 legislative wins, read about the Supreme Court’s affirmative action decision and how you can continue to advocate for equity and diversity, learn about President Biden’s new student loan forgiveness plan, and more in the July 2023 issue of Blackboard.

Check out Women Employed’s 2023 full legislative agenda, share your student success stories with us, register for College Changes Everything 2023: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility, stay updated with which new employment laws are in effect as of January 1, 2023, save the date for The Working Lunch, submit a nomination for an honoree, and more!

Women Employed staff member Corinne Kodama, who formerly worked in MSIs, talks about what we can learn about racial equity and supporting students of color as institutions adapt to post-pandemic challenges for community college students, student parents, and Students of Color, learn what’s next for the Biden Administration’s student debt cancellation, watch the Forum for Excellence, where Shawnee College, Almy Education, and Women Employed discussed what we are learning and doing on the journey to increasing equity, access, and student success in developmental education, and more!