Governor signs new state requirements for dual credit programs, financial aid assistance By ANDREW ADAMS Capitol News Illinois aadams@capitolnewsillinois.com CHICAGO - Illinois students won't need to fill out applications for most state universities to be admitted - if they have high enough grades. With his signatu...

Judith Ruiz-Branch Illinois News Connection Nearly 30% of "Gen-Z" college students decided where they would attend school based at least partly on political reasons, according to a new report. The education consulting firm EAB found 14% of prospective students removed a school from their consideration list fo...

Over the past 10 years, women have held fewer than one in 10 construction jobs By MAGGIE DOUGHERTY Medill Illinois News Bureau news@capitolnewsillinois.com PEORIA - For 60 years, SkillsUSA Illinois has held workforce development competitions for young people entering the trades. For 60 years, there has never been an ...

Judith Ruiz-Branch Illinois News Connection As Congress considers federal cuts to Medicaid and SNAP food assistance, groups advocating for Illinois schools are speaking out on how it would affect students across the state and the education system at large. They said budget cuts would have both direct and indirect effec...

The Rochester school board this week named Rolf Sivertsen as interim superintendent for the upcoming school year. Sivertsen has been in education for 35 years, including 25 years as an administrator, most recently as interim superintendent in Williamsfield in Knox County. The board plans to name a permanent superintend...

Lincoln Land Community College announced that it had conferred more than 1,450 degrees and certificates this past year and held a commencement ceremony Friday, May 16. The graduate list below is in alphabetical order by hometown and includes degrees and certificates conferred. Note: One asterisk indicates a graduate wi...

Parents say the district didn't do enough to protect their daughter after learning of the alleged crime By JADE AUBREY  Capitol News Illinois  jaubrey@capitolnewsillinois.com  SPRINGFIELD - The parents of a 10-year-old girl who allegedly was assaulted repeatedly by a 14-year-old student in the Taylorville Schoo...

By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - Gov. JB Pritzker got some of what he requested from the General Assembly in the area of higher education, but some of his biggest requests fell short. Pritzker's wins include a $10 million increase in need-based student financial aid ...

The provost of the University of Wisconsin-Madison has been chosen as the 11th chancellor of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Charles Lee Isbell Jr. will also be a vice president of the University of Illinois system, according to U of I System President Tim Killeen. Isbell is expected to assume the role on ...

By BRIDGETTE FOX Capitol News Illinois bfox@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - More than 150 bills moved through the General Assembly in the final week of the legislative session and will make their way to the governor, including measures touching on drug approval, college admissions and foster placement. House Bil...