A Jobs Plan Big Enough to:
Restore growth to Illinois,
Fund Pensions, Pay Off Debt
and Balance the Budget.
A Bright Future For Illinois ​
​Our 10-year Jobs Plan will make higher education the economic engine powering a new era of prosperity by exporting Illinois' online degree programs to the middle-class in the emerging world. Our Jobs Plan will:
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Enroll 2.1 million international online student,
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Create 392,000 new jobs (1st order of job growth) in Illinois,
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Increase Illinois GDP by $58.5 billion,
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Generate $11.5 billion per year in additional tax revenues (income, sales, excise, motor fuel, etc.),
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Fund pensions and pay off state debt without additional state borrowing, cutting essential public services or raising tax rates.
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Our results are achievable because:
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The middle-class, English speaking, college age population in the emerging world is more than one billion potential students,
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US higher education is the envy of the emerging world and Illinois is the 2nd most popular U.S. destination for wealthy, on-campus, international students,
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Our global marketing efforts will leverage that US academic envy and Illinois' international prestige,
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Marketing efforts are relatively easy to scale up; much easier, for instance, than building new manufacturing facilities, and
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Illinois colleges and universities will incrementally add additional staff as their online student body grows over our 10-year Jobs Plan.
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