-
Roosevelt University announced it will start offering a free tuition program this month, the Roosevelt Pledge, and in September, the University of Illinois Chicago announced its plans to launch its own version, UIC Aspire, next fall.
-
Urban, low-income, high-minority districts lag behind rural counterparts,
-
Illinois is investing $29 million to try to get an accurate count in the 2020 Census. On the line are two seats in Congress and the Electoral…
-
J.B. Pritzker is set to become the 43rd governor of Illinois on Monday. He won in part by promising to make college more affordable, improve the state’s…
-
lllinois has historically ranked second in the nation when it comes to high school graduates leaving the state to go to college. But there's good news for…
-
Illinois government wants to keep kids from leaving the state for college. Its latest effort is a website and app that allows students and their parents…
-
The University of Illinois president told a panel of lawmakers Thursday that he'd like to maintain a freeze on tuition rates.Tim Killeen, president of the…
-
A state representative from Chicago is trying to bring the spirit of Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign to Illinois. His idea? Free tuition at…
-
After hundreds of layoffs at Eastern Illinois University earlier this year, faculty members with annually renewed contracts got word they might be let go…
-
A crisis management team has been formed to help Chicago State University navigate budgetary peril. State higher education leaders are working to prevent…