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Illinois lawmakers have approved a $42 billion budget that now awaits Governor J.B. Pritzker’s pen. State Representative Jeff Keicher, a Sycamore...
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More Illinois students now qualify for college financial aid. State government will now offer money to students who might have been disqualified from...
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University of Illinois officials say they will take extra steps to vet financial aid applications from students involved in guardianship cases. The…
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Low-income college students in Illinois got some good news today. The state's Monetary Award Program — which provides MAP grants to help pay for tuition...
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Illinois' MAP grants — the monetary award program for low-income college students — would be available to more students if a bill approved by the...
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One of Springfield’s top Republican negotiators on higher education said freeing up more money for financial aid might look easy compared to the coming...
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The Higher Education Working Group started meeting last fall to identify ways to reform higher education in Illinois. And the group continues to meet even…
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The state of Illinois has a budget in place for next fiscal year, which will help public colleges and universities with their planning. But the president…
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Low-income university students had until early March this year to fill out a form that allowed them to take advantage of Illinois' primary financial aid...
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Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign surged in part because of his tuition-free college platform. Now one of Sanders' backers --- State Representative…