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Illinois has long been number two in the nation for a rather dubious distinction -- the net out-migration of college students. Now there’s a new program…
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College students who don’t have a Social Security number can’t receive financial aid from public universities in Illinois. But a measure that would give…
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The stop-gap funding measure approved by lawmakers last spring left community colleges with just 27 percent of their usual state aid. That amount is…
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After hundreds of layoffs at Eastern Illinois University earlier this year, faculty members with annually renewed contracts got word they might be let go…
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Several long-serving members of the General Assembly have chosen not to run for reelection this year.Between now and the time they leave office, Illinois…
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The University of Illinois has received a relatively glowing financial report from Moody's Investor Service, but it comes with warnings.In a just-released…
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Today from the Education Desk, we have a book review from the president of Governors State University, a state school in northern Illinois. Elaine Maimon…
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This week, discussion of a recent ruling on negotiations between AFSCME and Governor Rauner. Also, enrollment numbers released for the state's public…
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After years of declining enrollment and a recent loss of funding under the state budget impasse, leaders of Southern Illinois University in Carbondale are…
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Today from the Education Desk, we have a book review from the president of Governors State University. Elaine Maimon tells us about "The Undergraduate…