The University of Illinois will survive without MAP grants this semester, but the head of the coalition for independent universities in the state says schools like Augustana and Knox College will have to make some changes.

Dave Tretter with the schools says private, non-profit schools may soon turn down students who need MAP grants.

Tretter says independent schools are suffering because of lawmakers' fight with state universities over pensions and spending.
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Dave Tretter president of the Federation of Independent Illinois Colleges and Universities says private schools in Illinois are suffering as much, if not more, than the big universities.