Northwestern University graduate students decry the Trump Administration as part of the National Day of Action for Higher Ed on Thursday, April 17. A new survey shows most in Illinois want more ...

It has been a busy week for supporters of higher education in Illinois, with two separate protests at Northern Illinois University and Northeastern Illinois University. More than 100 students and ...

According to the Illinois Board of Higher Education, the state is home to a total of 71 public educational institutions, including 12 universities and 48 community colleges.

The Diversifying Higher Education Faculty in Illinois fellowship is meant to make Illinois professors look more like the state’s student body. It’s funded by the state and part of Illinois law.

In fact, after adjusting for inflation, state support of higher education will be $1.88 billion, or 42%, less at the end of the current fiscal year than in FY 2000, under Republican Gov. George Ryan.

Margaritta Fultz has a scholarship through the Diversifying Higher Education in Illinois program. Fultz, a doctoral candidate at Adler University, said she did not receive the last $6,000 of her ...

Higher Education The biggest investment made for higher education is an additional $10 million for the Monetary Award Program, dedicated to low income Illinois resident college students grant funding.

Moreover, we are striving to keep education affordable, countering the narrative that higher education is an unattainable financial burden. On our campus, 57% of graduating seniors leave without ...

Private and public online colleges in Illinois offer affordable and flexible online degree programs across in-demand disciplines, including healthcare, business, computer science and social ...

Illinois high school students who went on to get a college degree made more money than their counterparts who only got a high ...