House Proposal Would Cut WIU Funding
The Illinois House is considering a 6% cut to state universities in next year's budget. That's nearly double the reduction in the budget plan that passed the Senate last week.The dollar amount of...
View ArticleQuinn: Funding Decline If Higher Ed Pensions Not Changed
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn's office is touting a one-page analysis claiming higher education will suffer if lawmakers fail to address Illinois' pension problem.In the so-called study, Quinn's budget...
View ArticleMaking Higher Education Affordable to All
As state funding for colleges and universities declines in Illinois, the lieutenant governor said the schools need to find ways to remain accessible to a wide range of students.The problem is...
View ArticleWIU to Slash Spending
Western Illinois University administrators unveiled a plan to save $4.5 million in the fiscal year that begins July 1, 2013.
View ArticleIL Colleges to Pay for Employees' Pensions
Although they're facing budget cuts, universities and community colleges have said they're willing to begin taking on employees' pension costs.
View ArticleHouse Proposal Would Cut WIU Funding
The Illinois House is considering a 6% cut to state universities in next year's budget. That's nearly double the reduction in the budget plan that passed the Senate last week.The dollar amount of...
View ArticleQuinn: Funding Decline If Higher Ed Pensions Not Changed
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn's office is touting a one-page analysis claiming higher education will suffer if lawmakers fail to address Illinois' pension problem.In the so-called study, Quinn's budget...
View ArticleMaking Higher Education Affordable to All
As state funding for colleges and universities declines in Illinois, the lieutenant governor said the schools need to find ways to remain accessible to a wide range of students.The problem is...
View ArticleWIU to Slash Spending
Western Illinois University administrators unveiled a plan to save $4.5 million in the fiscal year that begins July 1, 2013.
View ArticleIL Colleges to Pay for Employees' Pensions
Although they're facing budget cuts, universities and community colleges have said they're willing to begin taking on employees' pension costs.
View ArticleTime to Reign in the Cost of Higher Education
College costs and student loans aren’t being discussed enough, but maybe this month’s increase of student-loan interest rates will start something.
View ArticleGovernor Signs Partial Budget to Benefit Illinois Municipalities, Lottery
Money can now be released in Illinois to local governments and community organizations that have been waiting for state funding since July. The Senate was in Springfield briefly Monday to approve the...
View ArticleFunding Higher Education, Funding Illinois’ Future
A coalition of education, labor, and non-profit organizations is urging the governor and legislative leaders to cut the cost of higher education for students by providing more funding for its colleges...
View ArticleRauner Vetoes MAP Grant Money
Low-income college students who were promised state help paying for their tuition will continue to go without it. Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner has followed through on his pledge to reject funding for...
View ArticleA Unified Voice Against the Way Things are being Handled in Springfield
Representatives from across the higher education spectrum gathered at Western Illinois University in Macomb to urge the state to provide funding for colleges and universities. But just hours afterward,...
View ArticleUniversities And Their Funding Caught In Rauner, Madigan Vitriol
The vitriol and finger-pointing over the gridlock in state government has amplified. University leaders are trying to keep their distance, even as they fight for funding.
View ArticleState Crisis Management Team Prepping For CSU Shutdown
A crisis management team has been formed to help Chicago State University navigate budgetary peril.
View ArticleStruggling Illinois Universities Testify Before Lawmakers
Higher education in Illinois has been caught in a continuing battle over the budget. Public universities have struggled to make ends meet without any state aid in the first eight months of this fiscal...
View ArticleStruggling Illinois Universities Testify Before Lawmakers
Higher education in Illinois has been caught in a continuing battle over the budget. Public universities have struggled to make ends meet without any state aid in the first eight months of this fiscal...
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