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University of Illinois President Timothy Killeen meets with the baiduhai editorial board July 12, 2016.

University of Illinois looks to freeze tuition again

May 22, 2019 at 10:10 p.m.

In some positive news for future University of Illinois undergraduates, President Timothy Killeen said Tuesday he will propose freezing tuition for the incoming class of 2017. If approved, it would...

Chicago State University was sanctioned by the Higher Learning Commission, the agency responsible for accrediting the school. The university will remain accredited as it works to resolve the agency's concerns about financial strife.

Chicago State sanctioned over financial strife

May 22, 2019 at 10:10 p.m.

In continuing fallout from the statewide budget uncertainty, Chicago State University on Tuesday was notified that financial strife has put the institution's accreditation at risk. The sanction from the Higher...

A beagle named Daphne visits the Capitol in Springfield on April 19, 2016, as part of a Beagle Freedom Project campaign to make more research animals available for adoption.

Animal rescuer sues University of Illinois over files on dogs, cats in research

June 10, 2018 at 12:03 p.m.

An animal rescue group has sued the University of Illinois over the school's decision not to provide records about dogs and cats used in research. The lawsuit, filed Monday in...

Steven Halami speaks about a complaint filed against a Chicago police officer who chased him and chemical-sprayed him.

In oversight of Chicago police, IPRA gives victims false sense of justice

June 14, 2024 at 6:46 p.m.

The day after he said he was roughed up by two Chicago police officers, John Fonder went straight to the city's police oversight agency to lodge a complaint. His right...

Sharon Fairley, chief administrator of the Independent Police Review Authority, takes questions during a news conference in Chicago on June 3, 2016.

Cop’s Obama slur shows Chicago police need better anti-discrimination rules, IPRA says

May 22, 2019 at 10:01 p.m.

The Chicago Police Department needs a policy that makes it clear that members are prohibited from engaging in racial or other discrimination, according to a recommendation from the department's oversight...

Video releases include police fatal shooting, off-duty Chicago cop’s punches at Portillo’s

May 22, 2019 at 9:56 p.m.

Among videos released Friday by the city was an April 2012 police shooting that left one man dead and two wounded after officers responded to a burglary call at a...

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and then-acting IPRA chief Sharon Fairley address police accountability at City Hall in Chicago on Dec. 7, 2015.

Emanuel plans to scrap beleaguered police oversight agency IPRA

May 22, 2019 at 9:50 p.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel, under fire for months over how the city investigates excessive force allegations against Chicago police, plans to propose abolishing the city's beleaguered Independent Police Review Authority. The...

Chicago State University campus on April 22, 2016.

Chicago State University graduation rate drops to 11 percent

June 11, 2018 at 10:40 p.m.

Already reeling from a financial crisis and mass layoffs, Chicago State University acknowledged Friday that its graduation rate had dropped to 11 percent. The public university, which has long been...

Students pass by the library at Chicago State University on April 22, 2016.

Chicago State lays off a third of its staff; Rev. Jackson blasts Rauner

May 22, 2019 at 9:46 p.m.

Chicago State University on Friday said more than 300 employees are being laid off, a dramatic downsizing a week after the school received some long-awaited money from the state, the...

College of DuPage President Robert Breuder and board Chairwoman Erin Birt wait for start of the board of trustees meeting Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015, at the college in Glen Ellyn. The board approved 7-1 a buyout agreement that will pay Breuder $762,868.

College of DuPage expected to agree it held illegal meeting

June 14, 2024 at 6:46 p.m.

The College of DuPage is expected to acknowledge it violated the state open meetings law when its board of trustees voted in secret to extend the employment contract of the...

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