James Applegate

During the recent state budget impasse, Illinois colleges and universities have been forced to scrape by without state funding, except for stop gap money…

A crisis management team has been formed to help Chicago State University navigate budgetary peril. State higher education leaders are working to prevent…

The budget that Gov. Bruce Rauner proposed yesterday recommends a 16 percent cut to higher education. This year's proposed cut sounds gentler than the 32…

It's a week into the New Year, and gyms across the country are packed with people who've vowed to get in shape. Our Statehouse Bureau Chief Amanda Vinicky…

Illinois needs more college-educated workers and can't meet that goal with traditional students. Here's what some schools are doing to attract adult…

Illinois’ popular truth-in-tuition law was designed to keep college affordable. Since 2003, parents have banked on Illinois’ popular truth-in-tuition law…