Patrice M. Jones

Following a spate of defeats for affirmative-action policies on college campuses nationwide, university officials in Illinois now find themselves the target of a conservative research group that has been successful...

Every year at spring break, thousands of students pile into mini-vans with their parents, descend on the nation's college campuses and take major steps toward life after high school. But...

In an about-face highlighting the continuing difficulties of Loyola University Chicago's attempts to climb out of its $20 million budget deficit, the school on Tuesday announced plans to keep open...

Last weekend's fraternity party at the University of Illinois' Omega Delta house sought to bring together students of different ethnic and cultural backgrounds to celebrate homecoming--and Kevin Moore fit in...

An 18-year-old African-American college freshman from Chicago has decided to return to Kalamazoo College, a small liberal arts school in Michigan, where earlier this week he was the alleged victim...

Years ago, having a Ph.D. conferred a special status, a sign that the "Dr." had reached a pinnacle of educational achievement. Today, not only has the status of the Ph.D....

In August 1996, Roosevelt University, long based on Chicago's Michigan Avenue, opened a $21 million second home in Schaumburg. And much like a new bank or grocery will complete a...

Whenever Daniel Kirschenbaum picks through his wallet, he feels like a professor. Northwestern University recently renewed his faculty identification card. But looking at his bank account, he's less sure. The...

The heat is not working in Room 113 at the Bontemps School in Englewood, and the orderly classroom that new teacher Rhonda Butler just mustered from her rambunctious 1st graders...

Next summer, Robert Morris College will move its main campus to the former Sears Roebuck and Co. store on State Street, helping to breathe new life into an area being...