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 ...

(Capitol News Illinois) - With $49,000 in student loan debt ... state-level programs like SmartBuy offer an alternative answer to combating the crisis. But federal funding, legislative approval and ...

“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.

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

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 $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, ...

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 ...