Illinois Higher Education

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.

Governors State, Chicago State and EIU faculty have all ended their strikes

Unionized faculty and staff at Illinois’ universities and colleges want their institutions to start almost entirely online this fall.Employees and…

Despite getting a 5 percent increase over last year’s state funding, the University of Illinois Springfield has announced a budget cut of up to 10…

State Senator Chapin Rose had what he thought was a no-brainer bill. All he wanted to do was help public universities connect with promising high school…

The ongoing budget impasse means that state funding for colleges and universities will run out Dec. 31. While some schools are fronting the money for…

After hundreds of layoffs at Eastern Illinois University earlier this year, faculty members with annually renewed contracts got word they might be let go…

With the state budget impasse ongoing, lack of money continues to affect Illinois colleges and universities as well as Chicago Public Schools. Chris…

Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner said the state can fund higher education if it changes how it buys products and services. He said changes could save Ilinois…

Illinois government continues limping through its partial shutdown. This week, the Illinois State Museum was shuttered, the secretary of state announced…