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

Illinois lawmakers approved next year’s budget at the close of the spring legislative session. Here is what they agreed on ...

Education is a lightning rod for Trump administration cuts, threats, and orders. As part of WNIJ’s “Uncertainty” series, ...

They also did not pass other major higher education policy initiatives, including Pritzker’s plan to allow community colleges ...

So the crisis ... and unfair funding mechanisms. The state’s Commission on Equitable Public University Funding, filled with stakeholders, issued a report this spring saying that Illinois public ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - State lawmakers passed the budget for the next fiscal year, meeting their midnight deadline. Leaders worked late into the evening with just minutes to spare last night to pass the ...

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 ...

“This pandemic gave us a taste for funding ... its own budget crisis. While the mayor faults Martinez for failing to lobby the state for more money for the schools, Illinois Gov.

(WAND) — The Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Illinois says the Illinois State ... WAND News the loss of the grant has put it in a funding crisis. The grant is from federal dollars distributed ...

A $290,000 grant from the Illinois Board of Higher Education will fund training and support ... health concerns so they can effectively alert the crisis team. In addition to using the grant funding, ...