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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.

The university’s first president, John Cook, was known in his day as the “Crown Prince of Teacher Education.”

Remember how important the ACT and SAT felt? Not so much anymore. Illinois public universities are going test-blind starting next year.

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?

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…

Illinois lawmakers have approved a $42 billion budget that now awaits Governor J.B. Pritzker’s pen.State Representative Jeff Keicher, a Sycamore…

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…

There is a network of state-run support for Illinois K-12 students who experience homelessness and housing instability. School districts and liaisons work…

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…

The Illinois State Board of Education released an interactive report showing how teacher preparation programs across the state are performing.The Illinois…