higher ed funding

Parents and grandparents who want to lock in tuition rates for their offspring can enroll in College Illinois! The punctuation is part of the registered…

The University of Illinois is offering state lawmakers a deal: The school will meet several access and accountability benchmarks, if the state will pledge…

Before he ran for governor, Bruce Rauner described a plan to use funding for social services as a “wedge” issue to persuade Democrats to support…

The political spotlight has shifted to the election, but the state budget crisis continues to cost the people of Illinois. Editor’s note: This story marks…

This week, discussion of a recent ruling on negotiations between AFSCME and Governor Rauner. Also, enrollment numbers released for the state's public…

After years of declining enrollment and a recent loss of funding under the state budget impasse, leaders of Southern Illinois University in Carbondale are…

Democratic leaders in the legislature and Gov. Bruce Rauner appear to be close to a deal to approve some funding for social service providers, higher…

Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner used his veto pen Friday to reject a measure that would have provided about $3.9 billion for higher education, mental…

The Illinois legislature sent a measure to the governor Friday giving $600 million to community colleges and public universities the first state funding…

Members of the Illinois House spent Thursday evening congratulating themselves thinking they were minutes from passing a bipartisan measure sending 600…