If the private sector helps fund the needs identified in the Campaign, will the state legislature reduce its support of the University accordingly?
Given the University’s experience with private gifts in the past and considering the record of other states where publicly assisted institutions have conducted successful campaigns for private funds, there is no reason to expect reduced legislative support in light of a successful Campaign. It is highly unlikely the Illinois legislature will decrease the funding to the University of Illinois based on the Campaign’s success. On the contrary, voluntary support presents compelling evidence to legislators of the quality and value of the University of Illinois. Your voices and your gifts give you an opportunity to assure that the University of Illinois is accurately perceived as a worthy public investment that pays identifiable and substantial dividends in the lives of our citizens.
