The Illinois Board of Higher Education Records and Reports 1985-2001 includes agendas, financial reports, news releases, and annual reports on underrepresented groups. Reports and minutes from monthly board meetings for the years 1996-1997 are also in this record series, as is IBHE "Big Picture Meetings" covering the years 1992-1999.

Subjects include: Disabled Student Report (1988), Nursing Program Request (1991), Budget Cut Suggestions (1992), CUPA Administrative Salary Survey (1993), Network Technology Planning Guide for IL K-12 (1995), and IL Century Network: A Learning Technology Plan (1997). A folder containing the correspondences sent from Executive Director Keith Sanders (1998-1999) is also in this series.