Jon Hale and Linda Herrera, professors Education Policy, Organization & Leadership, have been elected to the University Senates Conference. The organization consists of members from the Urbana-Champaign, Springfield, and Chicago campuses of the University of Illinois system.
The Senates Conference is a statutory body that provides the major link between the faculties of the U. of I. system campuses and works for the greater good of the University of Illinois System and all of its universities. The Senates Conference acts as an advisory group to the Board of Trustees through the President, to other administrative officers, and to the senates themselves on matters of university-wide concerns.
Hale and Herrera will serve for the 2025-26 school year.