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NIU has several roofs that need replacing. They’ve recently had to do emergency repairs at Swen Parsons Hall and the Music Building to keep water out.
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The university’s first president, John Cook, was known in his day as the “Crown Prince of Teacher Education.”
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Remember how important the ACT and SAT felt? Not so much anymore. Illinois public universities are going test-blind starting next year.
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Illinois K-12 schools are funded through an equity-based formula. Higher education has no formula at all. The state wants that to change, but what could that look like?
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College can seem like it's not an option for many students with intellectual disabilities. Advocates say they also simply don't have many higher-education…
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Illinois lawmakers have approved a $42 billion budget that now awaits Governor J.B. Pritzker’s pen.State Representative Jeff Keicher, a Sycamore…
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Kelly Olson knows college campuses can be an overly-complex web of offices and services. She’s the assistant dean of students at Northern Illinois…
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There is a network of state-run support for Illinois K-12 students who experience homelessness and housing instability. School districts and liaisons work…
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NIU officials asked students via email to consider returning home a week before the end of the semester. The move comes as the university has seen a…
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The Illinois State Board of Education released an interactive report showing how teacher preparation programs across the state are performing.The Illinois…