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Gen. ed recommended changes going to provost

Gen. ed recommended changes going to provost

By Ryan Ocasio | September 4, 2014

Students take notes during a calculus for business course Wednesday in Wirtz Auditorium. Progressive Learning in Undergraduate Studies, a taskforce dedicated to revamping general education, has suggested cutting the required number of credits for a bachelor’s degree if students take their general education courses at NIU, among other criteria.

Editorial: NIU needs more help for transfers

By Northern Star Editorial Board | March 25, 2014

Despite transfer students from community colleges composing a significant portion of NIU’s population, they remain some of the most ignored people on campus.The school is hemorrhaging transfer students: 544 transfer students who attended NIU in the...