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Former University of Illinois athletic director’s pension to climb past $500K a year

By Brendan Bakala

11/08/2017

Six years into retirement, Ron Guenther’s annual pension is more than $470,000 and is set to rise even higher, thanks to 3 percent yearly increases.

TAGS: higher education, pensions, Ron Guenther, SURS: State Universities Retirement System, University of Illinois

Moody’s downgrades 7 Illinois universities, 5 are junk

By Ted Dabrowski, John Klingner

06/13/2017

Illinois universities have hiked tuition and relied on state subsidies to pay for exorbitant administrative salaries — and now credit rating agencies are punishing them for that destructive behavior.

TAGS: budget, credit rating, CSU: Chicago State University, EIU: Eastern Illinois University, higher education, Illinois Board of Higher Education, Moody's Investor Service, NIU: Northeastern Illinois University, University of Illinois, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, WIU: Western Illinois University

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Former University of Illinois athletic director’s pension to climb past $500K a year

Moody’s downgrades 7 Illinois universities, 5 are junk

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