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Herald & Review
Lake Land College tuition to rise as state aid falls
MATTOON — Tuition and fees at Lake Land College will increase beginning this summer in order to offset an anticipated decrease in state funding. A number of increases were approved Monday night by the Lake Land College Board of Trustees. Tuition for in-d...
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Freshnews.com
New Partnership between Follett and Inkling Gives Students More Access to Interactive Digital Textbooks
OAK BROOK, Ill., May 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- This fall, students at colleges and universities with bookstores managed by Follett Higher Education Group will have another digital textbook option. Follett and Inkling Systems, Inc. today announced a partne...
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The Ithaca Journal
News: Colleges consider policies for undocumented students
Social justice is central to the mission of Dominican University, a small private Catholic college in suburban Chicago. Serving poor immigrants is part of its history. So as the school began to get more applications where Social Security numbers weren't...
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KSDK | St. Louis
Graduating class earns $1 million in scholarships
(WGEM) -- The graduating class at Illinois' Warsaw High School has achieved something remarkable: more than a million dollars in college scholarships. So how did they do it? Warsaw's guidance counselor and students say the key to getting that much money...
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The Clarion-Ledger
Alumni back Valley's Oliver
Mississippi Valley State University President Donna Oliver's unsuccessful bid for the president's job at West Virginia State University will not affect her ability to continue to lead Valley, according to Higher Education Commissioner Hank Bounds and Val...
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Minding the Campus
The Hidden Cost of University 2.0
As Lee Siegal describes it, "Web 2.0 is what the Internet calls its philosophy of interactivity. It applies to any online experience that allows the user to help create, edit, or revise the content of a website, interact with other users, share pictures,...
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Chicago Sun-Times
City to give $2 million to companies that hire City Colleges grads
Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Saturday announced a $2 million stipend for companies willing to hire City Colleges of Chicago graduates. “You hire one of our community college kids, we’ll pay their stipend for the first four weeks of work,” Emanuel said during a...
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Colleges create campus ties for online students
A day before graduation, Joan Schaffer finally got around to visiting Webster University's campus. She flew into town Friday morning from her home in Brooklyn, N.Y., to take part in Saturday's commencement activities and to learn a little more about the...
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Journal Gazette & Times-Courier
Herrick native to address commencement tonight
MATTOON (JG-TC) — The general manager of ABC’s affiliate in Indianapolis, Herrick native Larry Blackerby, will give the keynote address tonight at Lake Land College’s 45th annual commencement ceremony. Blackerby began his higher education in the radio-TV...
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Daily Chronicle
Higher-ed buildup on target in county
Major construction projects – including a modern residence hall and new student center – will continue this summer at DeKalb County’s two higher learning institutions. By the fall, a new Northern Illinois University residence hall is slated to be ready....
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Mail Tribune
Student loan debt threatens economy
At $870 billion, this debt exceeds credit cards and auto loans Students walk on the University of Illinois campus in 2009. Student debt could lead to a weaker economy.Chicago Tribune CHICAGO — Move over, mortgages. Get out of the way, Greece. Another eco...
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University Business
Illinois Man Accepts Offer To Became Next West Virginia State U President
An Illinois college executive has accepted an offer from West Virginia State University to succeed embattled President Hazo Carter. The university's board of governors chose Dr. Brian Hemphill as State's 10th president over two other finalists Wednesday...
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Cleveland.com
A push for community colleges
Michael Tercha: Chicago TribuneChicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is focused on boosting the appallingly low graduation rate at City Colleges of Chicago so that more Chicagoans will be prepared for jobs that require associate's degrees or special certificates. G...
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Chicago Sun-Times
Mundelein girl, 14, to graduate from community college Saturday
When the Class of 2012 graduates from the College of Lake County on Saturday, 14-year-old Grace Duval of Mundelein will become the second youngest graduate in the history of the community college. Duval is a former home-schooled student who started takin...
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AZ Central.com
Colleges rethink aid to immigrants
Social justice is central to the mission of Dominican University, a small private Catholic college in suburban Chicago. Serving poor immigrants is part of its history. So as the school began to get more applications where Social Security numbers weren't...
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