To facilitate such cooperation, each public institution of higher education as defined in “An Act creating a Board of Higher Education, defining its powers and duties, making an appropriation therefor, and repealing an Act herein named”, approved August 22, 1961, as amended, is authorized to establish programs under which qualified students of such institution provide tutorial services to elementary and secondary school students who are in need of such services, as determined and requested by their respective school districts. Each public institution of higher education is encouraged to work in partnership with public schools in this State maintaining any of grades 9 through 12 in order to help assure that all students entering 9th grade in the 1989-90 school year and thereafter are offered, during their years of enrollment as high school students, all coursework required to satisfy statewide minimum admission requirements and standards established by the Board of Higher Education pursuant to Section 9.07 of “An Act creating a Board of Higher Education, defining its powers and duties, making an appropriation therefor, and repealing an Act herein named”.