Don’t miss our 13th annual conference on Thursday, February 26, 2026. Our one-day event will return to Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills, Illinois. Early Bird pricing is available now through December 31, 2025, or until the first 150 tickets are sold — whichever comes first.
The Illinois Education and Career Success Network’s annual conference is designed for a diverse group of stakeholders committed to enhancing equitable postsecondary attainment across Illinois. This includes leaders from secondary and postsecondary education, local and state government, community-based organizations, policymakers and advocates, grantmakers, employers, and workforce development.
The conference serves as an engaging learning opportunity where attendees collaborate to share best practices, explore innovative strategies, and discuss systemic challenges affecting students, particularly those from marginalized communities. Participants can expect a dynamic environment that fosters networking, knowledge exchange, and actionable insights aimed at driving systemic change to support student success throughout Illinois.
Explore recordings, photos, and resources from past conferences.
Dr. Strohl was one of the founding staff of the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce (CEW) and has served as director of research since 2008. He leads the center’s research agenda, focused on the intersection of education and labor market analyses and their impact on policy. Dr. Strohl also researches biases in postsecondary and labor market outcomes.
Previously, Dr. Strohl was a senior analyst and project director at Westat, Inc., and was primarily involved in program evaluation and analysis of education outcomes. He helped design and direct several projects that investigated socioeconomic diversity in American education and sought to affect postsecondary admissions policies. Dr. Strohl received his BA from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and his MA and PhD in economics from American University. His dissertation was a cross-country study of how education can enhance overall economic flexibility in times of economic crisis and structural shift.
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