Higher Ed

The start of April marks Jim Shadid’s one-year anniversary of taking on the role of Bradley University’s 13th president. In an extended interview with WCBU, Shadid reflects on his first year while looking ahead to strengthening the university and upholding its mission.

Pulitzer Prize-winning presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin told a crowd of about 1,200 people at Illinois Wesleyan University on Monday night that Bloomington-Normal favorite son Adlai Stevenson II was her commencement speaker the year she graduated college.

Western Illinois University President Jack Thomas is a finalist for the same job at an Alabama school. Tuskegee University says Thomas is one of two…

Northwestern University will be taking additional steps to ensure its campus buildings are bird friendly. University officials say the school is working…

U of I Provost Andreas Cangellaris apologized Monday after criticism of his actions during the recent strike by graduate student workers. The apology came…

Members of the Graduate Employees’ Organization, or GEO, voted Friday to ratify a new five-year contract. The contract puts an end to the nearly…

Eastern Illinois University is reporting a five percent increase in spring enrollment, its first enrollment increase in more than ten years. The state…

Enrollment in colleges and universities continued to decline across the state last year, according to figures released by the Illinois Board of Higher…

Higher education has been among the areas feeling the state budget impasse as funding has been cut. It has forced some schools to reduce classes, lay off…

Illinois Central College is getting a $1.2 million dollar grant from the U.S. Department of Education. The money will pay for a new program in…