A decrease could also impact other Illinois colleges. The state has more than 62,000 foreign students, putting it fifth overall in the nation, according to the Association of International Educators.

Illinois’ legislative session concluded without passage of a Native American K-12 school mascot ban, but another issue sought by Native Americans will make its way to the governor.

For months, Chicagoland’s transit agencies have sounded an alarm: If lawmakers don’t plug a looming $771 million budget gap, they warned, residents will experience drastic service cuts on the ...

The budget proposal did not include any new sales, income, or service taxes. The House passed the $55 billion spending plan shortly after 10 p.m. Saturday, moving the measure over to the Senate.

SPRINGFIELD — Illinois police officers soon could be required to undergo trauma-informed sexual assault training if the governor signs a bill passed by Illinois lawmakers last week. Senate Bill ...

House Democrats plan to introduce legislation overnight that would prevent further Trump administration cuts to National Oceanic ... a professor of meteorology at Northern Illinois University, ...

But the bill is in jeopardy for the current session due to resistance by the University of Illinois, the state’s flagship institution, which dwarfs the other schools in size and prestige.

SPRINGFIELD (CNI) - Two Democratic leaders in the Illinois Senate openly expressed their disagreement this week about Gov. JB Pritzker’s proposal to allow community colleges to offer four-year ...

SPRINGFIELD — 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 ...

Sen. Chapin Rose, R-Mahomet, asked every university president during recent committee hearings if their schools had received any funding for deferred maintenance projects on campuses for the current ...

During a Senate appropriations hearing last week, Sen. Michael Halpin, D-Rock Island, and Northern Illinois University President Lisa Freeman each supported a data-based funding formula over the ...