Illinois' public universities are underfunded, forcing tuition hikes and cuts that threaten access and affordability for ...

Illinois lawmakers approved next year’s budget at the close of the spring legislative session. Here is what they agreed on ...

Education is a lightning rod for Trump administration cuts, threats, and orders. As part of WNIJ’s “Uncertainty” series, ...

So the crisis ... and unfair funding mechanisms. The state’s Commission on Equitable Public University Funding, filled with stakeholders, issued a report this spring saying that Illinois public ...

Just when the nation needs educational broadcasting most, public media outlets are planning their own obsolescence.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - State lawmakers passed the budget for the next fiscal year, meeting their midnight deadline. Leaders worked late into the evening with just minutes to spare last night to pass the ...

A recent graduate of the University of Illinois Chicago, Villalpando, 29, took out private loans to pay for college. Unlike federal student loans, private loans typically have higher interest rates ...

Gov. Pritzker said at an Illinois Education Association conference March 13 cuts to the federal education department put at risk more than $3 billion in federal funding Illinois expects this summer.

“This pandemic gave us a taste for funding ... its own budget crisis. While the mayor faults Martinez for failing to lobby the state for more money for the schools, Illinois Gov.

A $290,000 grant from the Illinois Board of Higher Education will fund training and support ... health concerns so they can effectively alert the crisis team. In addition to using the grant funding, ...