Date and Time
Thu, July 18,
All Day
Location
Tinley Park Convention Center
18451 Convention Center Dr
Tinley Park, IL 60477-5401
Website
https://www.collegechangeseverything.org/events/2024-cce-conference-information.html...
Description
Illinois Student Assistance Commission is sponsoring the 14th
annual College Changes Everything (CCE) Conference on Thursday, July 18, 2024,
at the Tinley Park Convention Center in Tinley Park, Illinois. The annual
conference is the state’s foremost college access, success, and career
readiness event. Diverse stakeholders come together and learn from each other
to help Illinois reach its Goal 2025 – to increase the proportion of adults in
Illinois with high-quality degrees and postsecondary credentials to 60% by
2025.
Equity is the heart of the CCE conference, striving to ensure all
students have opportunities. The 2023 conference collective question was: How
do we advance educational equity for Illinois students and parents? This
year’s consideration is the role of community health in educational equity for
Illinois students and families. Explore these questions: Can you have
educational equity without community health? Can you have community health
without educational equity?
Community health encompasses various aspects contributing to the
well-being of a particular population. Community is a multifaceted concept
allowing partners to define it based on who their work serves and how they do
their work (e.g., geographic, social, cultural, virtual, professional,
intentional/specific purpose, economic, interfaith, neighborhood, supportive,
and more). Communities can be dynamic, evolving entities shaped by members’
interactions and shared experiences. Partners should approach health as it
relates to their work holistically, including mental, physical, and
environmental. Collective efforts maximize impact, and partnerships enhance
sustainable solutions. Informed planning leads to effective policies, resource
allocation, and tailored programs.
2024 Theme: Community Health
2024 College Changes Everything Conference Planning Committee
- Illinois Student Assistance Commission
- Illinois Board of Higher Education
- Illinois Community College Board
- Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic
Opportunity
- Illinois Department of Employment Security
- Illinois State Board of Education
- Illinois College Access Network
- Federation of Independent Illinois Colleges and
Universities
- Advance Illinois
- Education Systems Center at Northern Illinois
University
- ACT Now
- Women Employed
- iCan Dream Center
Contact Info
Email: isac.collegechangeseverything@illinois.gov