Minutes of Commission meetings, 1957-1961.
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Illinois Commission of Higher Education
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The Illinois Higher Education Commission (1955-1957) was created to investigate state higher educational overcrowding and rapid growth. When the commission's appropriation ran out (1957), the General Assembly created the Illinois Commission of Higher Education (1957-1961) to study higher education needs and make legislative recommendations. New commission membership was reduced from eighteen to the nine Governor appointees who made recommendations (1961) which was incorporated into legislation t...