Legislation introduced in Springfield would require all public colleges and universities within Illinois to accept all major transfer courses for major credit from other public Illinois institutions.
The Daily Herald Editorial Board
Posted 4/7/2023 1:00 AM
This editorial is a consensus opinion of the Daily Herald Editorial Board.
It’s hard to imagine putting a child through college these days. Harder still to imagine that child putting him or herself through college without benefit of parental or scholarship support, seeing a tidal wave of debt looming for years to come.
But there is new hope.
In the mid-1950s when college was — adjusted for inflation — a lot more affordable, Advanced Placement classes were introduced. Today, AP courses are almost an expectation for someone who wants to go to college.
The types of AP classes have blossomed since then, giving serious students a chance to leapfrog over some of the freshman-level classes and the costs — both in time and money — associated with them.
State Sen. Cristina Castro of Elgin introduced legislation to ensure that those students who go on to college can transfer from a community college to a university or from one university to another without losing ground.
Her bill, which the Senate approved this week, would require all public colleges and universities within Illinois to accept all major transfer courses for major credit from other public Illinois institutions.