Its anchor program is the first-year course, which is offered in partnership with Bard College and for which students may receive six units of college credit.
Faculty members are largely from first-rate universities such as University of Chicago, the School of the Art Institute, and DePaul University.
Tuition is free, and the Illinois Humanities Council provides free childcare, free books, and transportation. The six units of credit are fully transferable to other colleges and universities.
This course meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Admission is by application only. Refer to syllabus for changes in course schedule.
Back in the old days, your employer would pick up your pension tab. From auto industry assembly line plants to corporate offices filled with row-upon-row of white-collar workers, most anyone earning a paycheck was part of what was called a defined benefit pension plan. That meant the employer, not the worker, paid for and managed the funds that would one day show up in a monthly pension check.
That changed in the late ‘70s and early '80s when the 401(k) came onto the employee benefits scene. The responsibility--and the risk--of saving for retirement were shifted to the worker. On the surface, it was not a terrible idea to give the individual a hand in preparing for retirement. But while fund managers and employers pushed 401(k) plans as a sure way to build million-dollar retirements nest eggs, they didn't always offer much information about the risks of investing. And today, millions of 401(k) plan participants are seeing a creeping erosion of their account balances as the stock market plunges.
In a recent column, commentator Marie Cocco points out the over-the-top gushing that was used to sell 40l(k)s as get-rich-quick schemes:
We live between fences. We may hardly notice them, but they are dominant features in our lives and in our history. Built of hedge, concrete, wood and metal, the fence skirts our properties and is central to the American landscape. We use them to enclose our houses and neighborhoods.Its anchor program is the first-year course, which is offered in partnership with Bard College and for which students may receive six units of college credit.
Faculty members are largely from first-rate universities such as University of Chicago, the School of the Art Institute, and DePaul University.
Tuition is free, and the Illinois Humanities Council provides free childcare, free books, and transportation. The six units of credit are fully transferable to other colleges and universities.
This course meets on Mondays and Thursdays.
Admission is by application only. Refer to syllabus for changes in course schedule.
Its anchor program is the first-year course, which is offered in partnership with Bard College and for which students may receive six units of college credit.
Faculty members are largely from first-rate universities such as University of Chicago, the School of the Art Institute, and DePaul University.
Tuition is free, and the Illinois Humanities Council provides free childcare, free books, and transportation. The six units of credit are fully transferable to other colleges and universities.
This course meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Admission is by application only. Refer to syllabus for changes in course schedule.
The 19th annual Eastern Illinois Literature Conference for Teachers and Lovers of Good Books will be held October 23rd and 24th at Eastern Illinois University and will focus on Chaucer's ''The Canterbury Tales.''
A woodcut from William Caxton's second edition of the Canterbury Tales printed in 1483.
This session includes the lecture and slide show ''Pilgrimage to Canterbury Cathedral'' and dramatic readings from ''The Canterbury Tales.''
The October 24th session includes a dramatic reading of ''Nun's Priest's Tale,'' a lecture on ''Chaucer Today,'' and workshops for secondary school teachers on teaching Chaucer.
Back in the old days, your employer would pick up your pension tab. From auto industry assembly line plants to corporate offices filled with row-upon-row of white-collar workers, most anyone earning a paycheck was part of what was called a defined benefit pension plan. That meant the employer, not the worker, paid for and managed the funds that would one day show up in a monthly pension check.
That changed in the late ‘70s and early '80s when the 401(k) came onto the employee benefits scene. The responsibility--and the risk--of saving for retirement were shifted to the worker. On the surface, it was not a terrible idea to give the individual a hand in preparing for retirement. But while fund managers and employers pushed 401(k) plans as a sure way to build million-dollar retirements nest eggs, they didn't always offer much information about the risks of investing. And today, millions of 401(k) plan participants are seeing a creeping erosion of their account balances as the stock market plunges.
In a recent column, commentator Marie Cocco points out the over-the-top gushing that was used to sell 40l(k)s as get-rich-quick schemes:
The 19th annual Eastern Illinois Literature Conference for Teachers and Lovers of Good Books will be held October 23 and 24 at Eastern Illinois University and will focus on Chaucer's ''The Canterbury Tales.''
A woodcut from William Caxton's second edition of the Canterbury Tales printed in 1483.Guest speakers and workshop leaders will be experts on Chaucer, medieval literature, and manuscript studies, and will include both coeditors of The Chaucer Review.
This session includes a dramatic reading of ''Nun's Priest's Tale,'' a lecture on ''Chaucer Today,'' and workshops for secondary school teachers on teaching Chaucer.
The October 23rd session includes the lecture and slide show ''Pilgrimage to Canterbury Cathedral'' and dramatic readings from ''The Canterbury Tales.''
We live between fences. We may hardly notice them, but they are dominant features in our lives and in our history. Built of hedge, concrete, wood and metal, the fence skirts our properties and is central to the American landscape. We use them to enclose our houses and neighborhoods.Back in the old days, your employer would pick up your pension tab. From auto industry assembly line plants to corporate offices filled with row-upon-row of white-collar workers, most anyone earning a paycheck was part of what was called a defined benefit pension plan. That meant the employer, not the worker, paid for and managed the funds that would one day show up in a monthly pension check.
That changed in the late ‘70s and early '80s when the 401(k) came onto the employee benefits scene. The responsibility--and the risk--of saving for retirement were shifted to the worker. On the surface, it was not a terrible idea to give the individual a hand in preparing for retirement. But while fund managers and employers pushed 401(k) plans as a sure way to build million-dollar retirements nest eggs, they didn't always offer much information about the risks of investing. And today, millions of 401(k) plan participants are seeing a creeping erosion of their account balances as the stock market plunges.
In a recent column, commentator Marie Cocco points out the over-the-top gushing that was used to sell 40l(k)s as get-rich-quick schemes:
We live between fences. We may hardly notice them, but they are dominant features in our lives and in our history. Built of hedge, concrete, wood and metal, the fence skirts our properties and is central to the American landscape. We use them to enclose our houses and neighborhoods.We live between fences. We may hardly notice them, but they are dominant features in our lives and in our history. Built of hedge, concrete, wood and metal, the fence skirts our properties and is central to the American landscape. We use them to enclose our houses and neighborhoods.Its anchor program is the first-year course, which is offered in partnership with Bard College and for which students may receive six units of college credit.
Faculty members are largely from first-rate universities such as University of Chicago, the School of the Art Institute, and DePaul University.
Tuition is free, and the Illinois Humanities Council provides free childcare, free books, and transportation. The six units of credit are fully transferable to other colleges and universities.
This course meets on Mondays and Thursdays.
Admission is by application only. Refer to syllabus for changes in course schedule.
The 2000 presidential election between Vice President Al Gore and Texas Gov. George W. Bush was marked by midnight ballot-counting chaos. Americans went to bed thinking Gore had won only to awake the next morning to the news that results could not confirm a clear winner. Confusion ensued and all eyes turned to Florida and its disputed Electoral votes, along with reports of voter confusion, misinformation, and ballot irregularities.
In 2004, several states faced allegations of voter purges and electronic vote tampering. While voters had difficulty casting ballots often and faced being turned away from polling places, Republicans and Democrats accused each other of illegal misconduct.
This year, voting fraud charges began months before the election. John McCain and the Republican Party accused Democrat Barack Obama's campaign of being linked to the community group ACORN (the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now), which they charged with submitting thousands of false voter-registration applications. Republican National Committee spokesman Danny Diaz labeled ACORN a "quasi criminal group," and McCain once again questioned Obama's ties to community organizations and activists he deemed questionable.
Its anchor program is the first-year course, which is offered in partnership with Bard College and for which students may receive six units of college credit.
Faculty members are largely from first-rate universities such as University of Chicago, the School of the Art Institute, and DePaul University.
Tuition is free, and the Illinois Humanities Council provides free childcare, free books, and transportation. The six units of credit are fully transferable to other colleges and universities.
This course meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Admission is by application only. Refer to syllabus for changes in course schedule.
Image courtesy Guillermo Bert
- UPDATE! Watch the winning films online on the Illinois Humanities Council's YouTube Channel.
Join us to celebrate and screen the winning films in our first "Looking for Democracy Short Film Contest." Congratulations to grand prize-winners Brandon Hummons and Chris Frills for their short film "Hope in America," and to finalists Dan Andries for his short film "Group" and members of Feel Tank Chicago for their short film "Twenty Reasons." Honorable mention goes to John Birkner for his short film "Belleville Nights."
