Monetary Award Program

Colleges and universities are again deciding whether to front grant money to low-income students who are supposed to be receiving state aid as Illinois'…

The Illinois Student Assistance Commission has warned that continued uncertainty over state funding for tuition-assistance grants could jeopardize the…

The budget that Gov. Bruce Rauner proposed on Wednesday recommends a 16 percent cut to higher education.This year's proposed cut sounds gentler than the…

The Illinois Senate President is encouraging Governor Bruce Rauner to rethink his priorities on student aid legislation, but the governor was quick to...

The state still owes millions to the Monetary Award Program for low income college students. That aid has been caught up in the budget impasse. Lawmakers…

A measure introduced in the Illinois legislature would make students pay back certain tuition breaks from the state if they leave Illinois within five…