The Institutions of Higher Learning Board of Trustees is enforcing a new state law to eliminate DEI programs at the state’s ...

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Illinois now has a road map to better funding for public universities The recommendations of the Commission on Equitable Public University Funding would help over 29,000 more residents earn a ...

At public universities, it’s a more straightforward downstream effect of pricing. Most out-of-state students get little or no financial aid, so only the rich can afford to enroll.

What has placed state universities in this predicament is a host of reasons. For starters, inflation-adjusted state funding dropped by 22%, or by $528 million, between fiscal years 2015 and 2023.