Illinois' financial woes lead to state's ongoing brain drain

Illinois Review reports:

Just as adults are migrating to states with better business climates, so too are new high school graduates.

In 2013, 40 percent of new Illinois high school graduates who chose to attend public four-year universities went out of state. And many may never return to live in the Land of Lincoln.

Each time this happens we should ask ourselves: How did we let down the next generation?

Look no further than Eastern Illinois State University.

Enrollment at that school has dropped from 11,630 students in 2010 to 8,913 in 2014. That’s a 23 percent drop in just four years.

And the story doesn’t end there.

Enrollments are also down markedly in Macomb at Western Illinois University and in Carbondale at Southern Illinois University.

And in Urbana-Champaign, the University of Illinois has seen interest from in-state students plummet.

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