The Associated Press distributed a story all over Illinois (including ABC Chicago Ch. 7) about the University of Illinois Trustees wanting more money so they can pay professors “competitively” with private schools like Northwestern and the Ivy League. ITEF Executive Director Jeff Trigg doesn’t think it’s smart to jump off a bridge if everyone else is doing it. Below are only a few of the articles we found.

VIEW THE SOUTHERN ILLINOIS ARTICLE
VIEW THE DAILY HERALD ARTICLE
VIEW THE BELLEVILLE NEWS_DEMOCRAT ARTICLE
VIEW THE JOURNAL GAZETTE – TIME COURIER ARTICLE