The University of Illinois Board of Trustees on Thursday signed off on higher tuition for incoming freshmen at its ...

The University of Illinois Board of Trustees voted to raise tuition, housing and student fees at both the Urbana-Champaign ...

Tim Killeen, a soft-spoken Welsh geophysicist who steadied the Illinois' flagship public university system, will retire when ...

The Illinois "Squatter Bill" will make it easier for police to remove squatters from someone's home, bypassing a possibly months-long eviction process. Previously, squatters were allowed to stay at ...

Illinois drivers got creative when it came to their license plate requests in 2025, but not enough to get past the Illinois Secretary of State's office. Revealing the list of rejected license plates ...

DePaul University is the latest Chicago-area school to announce job cuts, part of a growing trend across higher education as universities grapple with enrollment declines, rising costs and federal ...

NASHVILLE − Tennessee basketball played pitifully offensively and has lost three straight games for the first time in two years. The No. 13 Vols (7-3) stumbled through a 75-62 loss to No. 15 Illinois ...

Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Juan Espinoza, vice provost for enrollment ...

If what’s going on in Illinois is an indication of what’s ahead for American higher education overall, it doesn’t bode well. The state’s universities and colleges are confronting a severe enrollment ...

The enrollment chiefs at Tulane and the University of Chicago attracted many early applicants. Now both of them earn a lot of money. By Ron Lieber The University of Chicago was where fun went to die.

Enrollment at Illinois public universities reached a 10-year high, increasing by 2.3% over the previous year. The growth was primarily driven by a 6.8% rise in incoming freshmen and significant ...