Kevin Leicht is a professor of sociology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the science team lead at the U. of I. System’s Discovery Partners Institute in Chicago….
SPRINGFIELD – A bill aimed at improving racial equity throughout the state’s K-12 and higher education system passed both houses of the General Assembly on Monday, Jan. 11, while…
Scanning social media while listening to a lecture. Watching a favorite television series while studying. Today’s young people frequently juggle multiple streams of information and…
SPRINGFIELD – The highest court in Illinois appointed a new member to its bench on Tuesday, Nov. 10. Justice Robert L. Carter, 74, will join the Illinois Supreme Court, effective…
(Fourth in a series looking at the pork-barrel extras included in the state gas tax hike of 19 cents per gallon) Half of the more than $1.6 billion going to public institutions of higher…