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U of I President Says He Will Follow Commission's Recommendations
University of Illinois President B. Joseph White held a closed-door meeting Wednesday with leaders and admissions officials from the university's campuses in Urbana-Champaign, Chicago, and Springfield. He said the school will follow recommendations made in a scathing report on the admissions scandal last week to Gov. Pat Quinn by the Illinois Admissions Review Commission.

White scrapped the school's special admissions list of politically connected applicants. He also gave campus leaders eight weeks to take other measures to prevent future scandals over the influence of clout.

The Illinois Admissions Review Commission report confirmed that unqualified students were admitted because of their political connections but White declined to say whether any university officials who answer to him will lose their jobs.

(Illinois Radio Network)
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