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| Dominican University President Donna Carroll, Featured Crain's Chicago Business 2010 Women to Watch
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| Thursday, May 13, 2010 |
President Donna Carroll reshapes Dominican University's identity, mission
Photo: Erik Unger
By: Shia Kapos May 03, 2010
55 | President | Dominican University | River Forest
The first exchange between Dominican University President Donna Carroll and the Rev. Dennis Holtschneider, president of DePaul University, came in a phone call in 2004.
"I had just started, and she called saying, 'I'm building a business school named for Ed Brennan and I need your trustees to help me raise money for it,' " the Rev. Holtschneider recalls of Ms. Carroll's plan for a school named after the former Sears CEO. "I thought that was a gutsy move. But I loved it and so did (the trustees)."
Ms. Carroll is at the helm of a massive rebranding and renovation campaign that changed the name of the River Forest school from Rosary College, increased enrollment and transformed the direction and reputation of its business college.
She did so by collaring some of the biggest names in Chicago business — Norman Bobins, Andrew McKenna Sr. and John Rowe, to name a few.
"She knows how to put people at ease and has great vision for what an academic institution can and should be," friend Mary Dempsey says. As commissioner of Chicago's library system, Ms. Dempsey has turned to Dominican for graduates of the library science program, which has grown and established a Ph.D. track under Ms. Carroll's direction.
The Brennan School's focus is on business ethics, a move that "underscores the value-based mission of the university," says Ms. Carroll, who's been president of the university for 16 years.
The new directive led Pampered Chef founder Doris Christopher to endow a professorship in business ethics.
It's a challenge to build the profile of a school located outside the city, Ms. Carroll says.
"It's about differentiating Dominican in a crowded market, demonstrating outcomes and telling a compelling story," she says.
It's a story she likes to tell. She's logged thousands of miles to gain support for the school's name change, implemented in 1997, and in her leadership roles inside and outside education.
She's a self-described risk-taker who also lives by a simple management mantra: "Absorb chaos, give back calm and build confidence."
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| Tretter: MAP grants an investment that pays off big for state
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| Tuesday, October 13, 2009 |
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| Sun-Times: 2 options for funding our best & brightest
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| Wednesday, September 30, 2009 |
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| Loss of MAP grants hurts students who can least afford it, Millikin president says
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| Friday, September 25, 2009 |
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| Illinois must keep its promise to students
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| Monday, September 21, 2009 |
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| Scholarship pinch worries students, schools
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| Saturday, September 19, 2009 |
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| MAP cuts hurt today's students and tomorrow's leaders
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| Friday, September 18, 2009 |
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| Presidents talk to Quinn about MAP grant (Northern Star)
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| Wednesday, September 09, 2009 |
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| Presidents push Quinn to restore MAP (DeKalb Chronicle)
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| Tuesday, September 08, 2009 |
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| Universities to gov: Find cash for MAP grants
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| Tuesday, September 08, 2009 |
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| College students: Give us credit (cards)
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| Wednesday, September 02, 2009 |
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| MAP grants future uncertain (EIU)
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| Thursday, August 27, 2009 |
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| Funding for 3,500 ISU students cut for spring
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| Thursday, August 27, 2009 |
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| Tuition costs squeeze new students (Daily Vidette)
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| Wednesday, August 19, 2009 |
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| Tuitions rise less this year (Tribune)
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| Tuesday, August 18, 2009 |
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| ISU President tell General Assembly MAP must be restored in October
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| Friday, August 14, 2009 |
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| State grant funding reduced (Mt. Vernon Register-News)
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| Wednesday, August 12, 2009 |
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| States cut aid to college students as demand booms (AP)
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| Wednesday, August 12, 2009 |
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| Student aid suffers from budget cuts (KHQA)
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| Wednesday, August 05, 2009 |
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| Cutting state aid to college kids carries high cost (Peoria Journal-Star)
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| Monday, August 03, 2009 |
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| VETERANS ELIGIBLE FOR FREE DEPAUL EDUCATION UNDER YELLOW RIBBON PROGRAM
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| Thursday, June 11, 2009 |
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| Judson University & Elgin CC Partner on Technology Degree
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| Friday, June 05, 2009 |
Daily Herald
ECC, Judson partner up to offer technology degree
By Kerry Lester | Daily Herald Staff
Published: 6/3/2009 11:04 AM
They're neighbors, and now partners.
Judson University in Elgin has teamed with Elgin Community College's Center for Advanced Studies, allowing ECC students to earn a Judson bachelor's degree in management of technology systems through courses at the community college campus.
Judson is the third university to partner with ECC. The college previously established a bachelor's program with Columbia University of Missouri in 1998 and Northern Illinois University in 2005.
Currently, ECC graduates can transfer to Judson to complete their bachelor's degree. Also, ECC adult students can transfer up to 81 hours of ECC credit and attend Judson to complete a degree.
Judson President Jerry Cain said the partnership provides a prime opportunity for the university to establish a presence on Elgin's south end and meet those students' needs.
For details, visit elgin.edu/advancedstudie
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| Harper College and NIU reach agreement, Sen. Noland to
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| Friday, May 29, 2009 |
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| News Release: Private College Student Lobbyists Come to Springfield
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| Tuesday, April 21, 2009 |
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| Sen. Cronin
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| Thursday, April 02, 2009 |
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| Reform Group Blasts Harper College Lobbyist Spending
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| Tuesday, March 31, 2009 |
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| Wheaton College President will step down in 2010 (Daily Herald)
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| Monday, March 23, 2009 |
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| Aid to Private Colleges on States Chopping Blocks (Tretter quotes)
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| Monday, March 09, 2009 |
Article from the Chronicle of Higher Education includes comments from David Tretter re: the HSEGA program.
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| AP: Who Gets What: Billions to Colleges & Students
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| Monday, February 09, 2009 |
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| Robert Morris has come a long way since '88 (State Journal-Register)
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| Friday, November 14, 2008 |
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| Freshman flock to Roosevelt University (Sun-Times)
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| Tuesday, September 16, 2008 |
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| Tretter Letter in Springfield paper, Federation MAP bill becomes law
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| Monday, September 08, 2008 |
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| ISAC Plans To Revamp College Illinois (Crain's)
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| Tuesday, July 22, 2008 |
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| Kendall College sold to Laureate Inc. (Crain's)
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| Thursday, July 17, 2008 |
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| Big plans by new Rockford College President (RR Star)
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| Thursday, July 17, 2008 |
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