Illinois' public universities are underfunded, forcing tuition hikes and cuts that threaten access and affordability for ...

Data from the Illinois Board of Higher Education, which oversees public universities, shows university income has had to make up for the steady loss of funding from the state since around fiscal ...

This is a crisis ... this investment is staggering. If Illinois commits to fully funding this formula over the next 15 years, we will see nearly 30,000 more university graduates, a powerful ...

A recent graduate of the University of Illinois Chicago, Villalpando, 29, took out private loans to pay for college. Unlike federal student loans, private loans typically have higher interest rates ...

and the work of the commission acknowledged that Illinois has never had a systemic approach to university funding, nor one that is rooted in student or institutional need,” Lightford said.

Southern Illinois University in Carbondale is investing in a ... could involve mental health concerns so they can effectively alert the crisis team. In addition to using the grant funding, the ...

After some bad news last summer, we’re encouraged by talk of trying to get funding to reshape the Western Illinois University – Quad Cities campus located along River Drive in Moline.

Illinois lawmakers wrapped up the spring session without allocating any funding for the Chicago Transit Authority in their ...