Amid declining enrollment and faculty layoffs, Western Illinois University is focused on its evolution with a new president.

I am a professor at Western Illinois University, where the new interim president and interim provost gained approval from the board of trustees to lay off nearly 90 people, including all eight ...

Whether it’s Macomb, Carbondale or DeKalb, Illinois ... But Western still has to acknowledge a painful reality. It will have to become a still great, much smaller university.

Since 1899, Western Illinois University has provided outstanding educational opportunities to individuals in west central Illinois and well beyond our region and state. WIU's traditional residential ...

MACOMB, Ill. (WMBD) — Western Illinois University received the 2024 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity award on Thursday. According to the University, the award from Insight Into Diversity ...

Staff cuts at Western Illinois University will hit full-time professors and tenured faculty next. During a special meeting Tuesday morning, the WIU Board of Trustees unanimously approved staff ...

Find WQAD's reporting on that vote here. On Monday, Aug. 5, dozens of Western Illinois University faculty and students, along with community members, protested against an upcoming vote by the ...

Western Illinois University’s board of trustees today approved a second round of layoffs as it tries to close a $10 million budget deficit amid declining enrollment. The decision comes a little ...

Western Illinois University closed both campuses Thursday due to an ongoing police emergency near the main campus in Macomb. Out of an abundance of caution, WIU has also postponed all events and ...

MACOMB, Ill. — During a Tuesday morning meeting, Western Illinois University's Board of Trustees approved a resolution to let go an unknown number of employees, from tenure-track faculty to ...