Tim Killeen, the president of the University of Illinois system, talked with The 21st about the university’s response to COVID-19, a significant hit on its finances, and what comes next for higher education in an age of pandemic.
The University of Illinois Board of Trustees has decided to keep the status quo in its leadership and in in-state student tuition.
In this week's Legal Issues in the News, the University of Illinois College of Law's Bob Lawless looks at fraudulent transfers and college tuition.
The University of Illinois' Board of Trustees is has launched an initiative to boost system-wide enrollment to more than 90,000 students by 2021. Thursday's meeting also saw the election of a new Trustees' chair, Dr. Timothy Koritz, and approval to freeze in-state tuition rates for a third straight year. Meanwhile, a number of students are again calling for the U of I to declare the school a 'sanctuary campus' to help those who are in the country illegally.
On the 21st: We talked about cameras in courtrooms and learned how students whose immigration status is in limbo afford to pay for college. Plus, we heard from a state representative from Chicago about his plan for free college tuition.
