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 ...

A recent graduate of the University of Illinois Chicago, Villalpando ... state-level programs like SmartBuy offer an alternative answer to combating the crisis. But federal funding, legislative ...

Michael Burton was stopped by Southern Illinois University-Carbondale campus police so many times that he dreads driving anywhere near the college. “Any time I got behind the wheel, I was ...

MACOMB, Ill.—At Western Illinois University, an empty dorm that once held 800 students is now a police training ground, where active-shooter drills have left behind overturned furniture ...

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