As President Donald Trump and his team dialed up the pressure on Harvard University last month, threatening to bar its ...

Illinois' SmartBuy program offers up to $40,000 in student loan forgiveness and up to $5,000 towards a down payment or closing costs, but its long-term viability is uncertain due to the state's ...

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

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 ...

This is a crisis ... this investment is staggering. If Illinois commits to fully funding this formula over the next 15 years, we will see nearly 30,000 more university graduates, a powerful ...

Southern Illinois University in Carbondale is investing in a ... could involve mental health concerns so they can effectively alert the crisis team. In addition to using the grant funding, the ...

A plan to overhaul the way Illinois funds public universities is running into stiff opposition from the state’s largest higher education institution, the University of Illinois System.

and the work of the commission acknowledged that Illinois has never had a systemic approach to university funding, nor one that is rooted in student or institutional need,” Lightford said.

and the work of the commission acknowledged that Illinois has never had a systemic approach to university funding, nor one that is rooted in student or institutional need,” Lightford said.

Food banks typically see the most need during periods of high unemployment and yet the U.S. is facing down a hunger crisis during a ... government shuts off funding streams that provide millions ...

and the work of the commission acknowledged that Illinois has never had a systemic approach to university funding, nor one that is rooted in student or institutional need,” Lightford said.

“When transit isn’t frequent and when transit isn’t reliable, people stop using it,” said former Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Secretary Leslie Richards, now a professor at the University ...