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University officials say more students are getting the shot every day, as the 1,000+ who had personal exemptions are now mandated to get vaccinated.
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NIU freshman enrollment increased by over 10% this fall. 100 of those first-year students will have their tuition paid by the "Rockford Promise" scholarship.
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The freshman enrollment jump is the highest year-to-year increase in two decades.
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Notebooks? Check. Backpack? Check. N95 Facemasks? Check. After the last few years, NIU freshmen are used to pandemic protocols.
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Students return to Northern Illinois University next week, but faculty are still concerned about a lack of certain safety policies.
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Two physics professors break down the scientific concepts that allow athletes to perform miraculous feats on the world's biggest stage.
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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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Conservative cable news, angry parents at school board meetings, and even some state legislators have been railing against “Critical Race Theory.’ But they’re almost never talking about the actual theory. We talked to a professor who studies race and media -- and has read Critical Race Theory -- to give some insight.
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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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Alcohol may be behind the death of a Northern Illinois University freshman. 19-year-old David Bogenberger was found unresponsive in a bed at a fraternity…