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

State universities in Illinois are facing a growing problem. State funding has not kept up with rising costs, leading schools ...

So the crisis at Western Illinois is bad ... view is that the flagship University of Illinois deserves funding that reflects its research stature and that is need to compete with other flagships.

Data from the Illinois Board of Higher Education, which oversees public universities, shows university income has had to make up for the steady loss of funding from the state since around fiscal ...

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.

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 ...

Western Illinois ... funding, and a misguided narrative that higher education is not worth the investment," Mindrup said in a statement. Merrill Cole, president of the WIU Chapter of the ...

Nick Jones, vice president of academic affairs for the University of Illinois System, said a tiered, mission-aligned approach to funding would be more ideal. “This approach would ensure that ...

Data from the Illinois Board of Higher Education, which oversees public universities, shows university income has had to make up for the steady loss of funding from the state since around fiscal ...