Schools will vote next month on the possibility of adding 16 teams to each class in the football playoffs.

Among this year’s class are University of Chicago student Tori Harris and Duke University student William Lieber, of Springfield.

Campuses see more new undergraduates, fewer international grad students

The event is free on Zoom

Money was included in budget with condition that Pritzker must approve all expenditures

The initiative builds on UIS’ existing Prairie Promise, launched in October 2023, which guarantees full coverage of tuition and fees for qualified first-time, first-year undergraduate students.

The event Wednesday Nov. 5 is free to attend.

New state report card data also shows growth for elementary school students on state exams and more Illinois graduates staying in college after the first year.

Unions representing UIS staff and tenure and tenure-track faculty began bargaining with the school in June.

CTU president Stacy Davis Gates elected to lead new team at statewide teachers union