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Two decades of massive underfunding has sent college tuition costs soaring

Two decades of massive underfunding has sent college tuition costs soaring

— April 19, 2023

CHICAGO – As university faculties around Illinois strike for better pay and working conditions, budget analysts have found that state spending on higher education has fallen…

Help is there as annual college financial aid search begins
— October 4, 2020

The next two months are the time when high school seniors and their parents are beginning in earnest to get their top college choices lined up and gathering up all family financial…

MAP grant funding increase expected to benefit an added 10,000 students
— March 5, 2020

SPRINGFIELD — The state commission that oversees higher education grants for low-income students detailed the diminishing buying power of state financial aid Feb. 27 during a budget…