CHICAGO (CNI) — Illinois students won’t need to fill out applications for most state universities to be admitted — if they have high enough grades. With his signature, Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday ...

Illinois is defending its ‘minority teachers’ scholarship program that excludes white applicants, as a lawsuit progresses into the discovery phase after a court denied a dismissal motion.

Some faculty see the changes as “voluntary capitulation” to the Trump administration. UIC leaders say they align with ...

URBANA — This year’s admissions cycle is shaping up to be one of the most competitive in recent history at the University of Illinois. The UI received more than 63,000 applications for fall 2022, a ...

The shoes keep dropping as the Chicago Tribune digs deeper into allegations that politically connected applicants have used a range of techniques to gain admission to the University of Illinois at ...

Nearly half of all undergraduate applicants declined to submit ACT or SAT scores to Illinois’ largest university during the pandemic-altered admissions cycle — the first time in decades that students ...

Late last month, we blogged about the situation involving the Chicago Tribune and the University of Illinois. The recap: As part of its "Clout Goes to College" series, in which the Tribune had ...