Panel Approves ‘Culturally Responsive’ Teaching Standards
SPRINGFIELD – A legislative panel on Wednesday allowed the Illinois State Board of Education to move forward with new rules that call on colleges and
Campus Safety and the Role of the Police at the University of Illinois
URBANA – At a panel hosted by Illinois Newsroom this week, University of Illinois police, administrators, professors and students discussed the role of the campus
U Of I: Fewer COVID-19 Cases Compared To The Fall, But Officials Advise Vigilance
URBANA – Within three weeks of having tens of thousands of students return to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for the spring semester, the
Education Groups Ask Pritzker To Expand Vaccine Eligibility To Higher Ed. Employees
Faculty, staff and other advocates for Illinois colleges and universities are asking Gov. JB Pritzker to allow higher education employees to receive…
U of I Dance Professor Honored With Fellowship
CHAMPAIGN — University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign dance professor Cynthia Oliver is being honored with a 2021 United States Artists Fellowship. Oliver is one of 60
Pritzker: Higher Ed Unlikely To See Bump in COVID-19 Vaccine Priority Unless Supply Increases
PEORIA — Public university presidents recently wrote Gov. JB Pritzker, asking him to make higher education a priority area for COVID-19 vaccinations. But with only
University Presidents Ask For Quicker Campus Vaccinations
The heads of colleges and universities in Illinois are asking Gov. JB Pritzker to move higher education faculty and staff up to 1B in the vaccination…
DCFS Reports 17% Decline In Child Death Cases
SPRINGFIELD – Child welfare officials in Illinois reported a 17 percent decline in the number of child death cases they investigated during the previous fiscal
