3 years for U. of I. degree? Idea could save thousands
As many as one in five students at the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, the state's flagship campus, might be able to
graduate in three years, interim President Stanley Ikenberry said
Thursday. Ikenberry asked his staff at a board of trustees meeting this
week to look into creating an "accelerated'' degree program. Doing so
could save students thousands of dollars in living costs, he said, and
could allow students to enter the job market -- or a graduate program
-- a year earlier.