CHICAGO -
Governor Pat Quinn plans to name four new board members to Chicago State University.
The Chicago Tribune reports the eight member board has had several vacancies for years and that has made it difficult to deal with low graduation rates.
Chicago State University is in danger of losing its accreditation because of that and poor recruitment and retention.
There are about 6,800 undergraduate and graduate students at Chicago State University. But the six-year graduation rate has been between 12.8 percent and 18 percent the last few years.
The four new members will include Zaldwaynaka Scott, an attorney at the Mayer Brown Law Firm.
Scott was also part of the investigation into the clout admissions scandal at The University of Illinois.
Other appointees include environmentalist Julie Samuels. In 2006, Samuels was a Green Party candidate for Lieutenant Governor; Gary Rozier, a vice president at Ariel Investments firm ;and Lisa Morrison Butler, executive director of City Year Chicago, a youth mentoring group.
The faculty senate at Chicago State asked Gov. Quinn to remove all of the eight board of trustees members in April, but three board members whose terms don't expire until 2011 will stay.
They include- board chair the Rev. Leon Finney, the Rev. Richard Tolliver and Betsy Hill.
Governor Quinn did not reappoint Peggy Montes, whose term expired in 2007.
The Chicago Tribune reports the eight member board has had several vacancies for years and that has made it difficult to deal with low graduation rates.
Chicago State University is in danger of losing its accreditation because of that and poor recruitment and retention.
There are about 6,800 undergraduate and graduate students at Chicago State University. But the six-year graduation rate has been between 12.8 percent and 18 percent the last few years.
The four new members will include Zaldwaynaka Scott, an attorney at the Mayer Brown Law Firm.
Scott was also part of the investigation into the clout admissions scandal at The University of Illinois.
Other appointees include environmentalist Julie Samuels. In 2006, Samuels was a Green Party candidate for Lieutenant Governor; Gary Rozier, a vice president at Ariel Investments firm ;and Lisa Morrison Butler, executive director of City Year Chicago, a youth mentoring group.
The faculty senate at Chicago State asked Gov. Quinn to remove all of the eight board of trustees members in April, but three board members whose terms don't expire until 2011 will stay.
They include- board chair the Rev. Leon Finney, the Rev. Richard Tolliver and Betsy Hill.
Governor Quinn did not reappoint Peggy Montes, whose term expired in 2007.
