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A memo obtained by Illinois Public Media from the U of I's Associated Provost for Human Resources indicates that some jobs on the Urbana campus, including some in Civil Service, could be cut, effective at the start of the fall semester. The president of AFSCME Local 3700 questions why she wasn't informed of these plans. She says union members are 'scared.'
About three dozen Western Illinois University students and staff members marched across campus in Macomb Tuesday to advocate for state funding of higher education.
A new higher education bill would give state universities a third of their usual state funding, and pay for one semester of MAP grants for low-income students.
People with sickle cell disease often rely on powerful painkillers during a crisis. But new restrictions on the use of opioid-based medications creates new challenges.
Members of the union representing non-tenure-track faculty at the University of Illinois went on strike Tuesday morning, launching a two-day work stoppage. In a mass e-mail, administrators questioned the goals of the strike, saying tentative agreements have been reached in 14 areas, including several "key items." But Union President Shawn Gilmore called those areas "small."
