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The Parkland College Board gave its tentative approval Wednesday night to a 12% tuition and fee increase for the next academic year, as well as cuts in the Champaign community college's tuition waiver program. Parkland President Tom Ramage says the cuts are just part of what's proposed to adjust to an expected 50% cut in state funding for fiscal year 2017.
The University of Illinois is set to propose a tuition freeze for students entering in the fall. It would be the second year in a row that the system held tuition flat for in-state students.
Chicago State University won’t have funds to operate by March 1 if state money is not released, officials there have said.
Schools were staying open in downstate Illinois Wednesday, despite 2 to 5 inches of show that fell across the region Tuesday night.
Illinois' nine public university presidents say in a letter to Gov. Bruce Rauner and legislative leaders that a failure to approve a budget soon could leave higher education damaged beyond repair.
