The Governor of Illinois created an independent state commission, consisting of 7 members, that will investigate questionable practices of admitting new students. The commission will, probably, also probe whether any of the students that were admitted on recommendation sooner than thanks to them passing successfully the entrance tests got any legislative scholarships.
The allegations that the University of Illinois had been admitting students based on their family ties began soon after the Chicago Tribune made statement it is going to going to bring the case to court for its refusal to produce the tests with the scores and grades of the students. The Tribune didn't tell the names, anyway it mentioned a relative of Antoin Rezko that was convicted in 2008 on corruption charges. Currently Antoin ("Tony") Rezko is in prison. The relative is said to have been admitted through the intervention of the former governor Rod Blagojevich, who was also charged with federal corruption.
There's much rumour about the so-called clout list or "category 1" list, whose existence was admitted by the University of Illinois President B. Joseph White. According to the News-Gazette, the House Speaker Michael Madigan knew about the clout list, and even personally referred over 40 persons there. Madigan was cited as saying this list existed merely as a convenience reference list. :)
The state panel, consisting of 7 persons, headed by the former federal judge and Abner Mikva, has 60 days to investigate alleged admission malpractices by the Illinois University.
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