U of I Urbana-Champaign moves to stop deferring prospective students

U of I Urbana-Champaign moves to stop deferring prospective students
U of I Urbana-Champaign moves to stop deferring prospective students

U of I Urbana-Champaign moves to stop deferring prospective students

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The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is moving to a single admissions date after it was forced to defer thousands of prospective students last year. School officials say the new rules should help them retain more students from Illinois who are increasingly deciding to attend college elsewhere. Chicago Tribune reporter Jodi Cohen joins us to explain. (Photo: Flickr/Kevin Dooley)