Building the Future We Want: The 2025 Success Network Conference

I Hotel & Illinois Conference Center

1900 South 1st Street, 61820, Champaign, IL, United States

Illinois Education & Career Success Network

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The Illinois Education and Career Success Network (formerly the Illinois 60 by 2025 Network) is a growing network of communities in Illinois that are committed to advancing equitable postsecondary attainment.Recognizing the emergence of local initiatives across Illinois to increase postsecondary attainment and the lack of a statewide support infrastructure, the Illinois 60 by 25 Network was launched in 2013 by three Network Organizers: Advance Illinois, Education Systems Center at Northern Illinois University (EdSystems), and the Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC). In 2022, the Network updated its name to the Illinois Education and Career Success Network, to express our purpose and vision for 2025 and beyond.To increase meaningful and equitable postsecondary attainment, Network Organizers support the Leadership Communities by:Hosting an annual conferenceProviding technical assistanceSharing best practicesConnecting local community efforts to state policy to advance equity-centered postsecondary goalsBuilding local capacity to develop and scale efforts through providing funds to communities through mini-grants and providing a Cradle to Career Dashboard to help communities analyze regional data on education and workforce system characteristics