Moody’s downgrades 7 Illinois universities, 5 are junk

By Ted Dabrowski, John Klingner

06/13/2017

Illinois universities have hiked tuition and relied on state subsidies to pay for exorbitant administrative salaries — and now credit rating agencies are punishing them for that destructive behavior.

TAGS: budget, credit rating, CSU: Chicago State University, EIU: Eastern Illinois University, higher education, Illinois Board of Higher Education, Moody's Investor Service, NIU: Northeastern Illinois University, University of Illinois, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, WIU: Western Illinois University

The NEIU land grab and a bill to stop it

By Bryant Jackson-Green

03/18/2015

Just because a public entity wants land doesn’t mean it should be able to take it for any reason.

TAGS: Bryn Mawr Avenue, eminent domain, Kelo v. City of New London, NEIU, NIU: Northeastern Illinois University, no cronies, property rights, Robyn Gabel

Bold school: Northeastern Illinois University moves to seize private property in North Park

By Bryant Jackson-Green

09/15/2014

Northeastern Illinois University, or NEIU, has moved to seize land from businesses and families in the Chicago neighborhood of North Park as part of its bid to construct new student dormitories – even though the university already owns plenty of land it could use without seizing anything. NEIU has filed a lawsuit to forcibly acquire...

TAGS: eminent domain, NIU: Northeastern Illinois University

Common-ground solutions to empower Chicago’s poor: A model for America’s cities

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Brashen Gilbert

Process for unionizing non-state workers raises red flags

CBS Chicago: Illinois’ highest-paid superintendent receives $400K per year to oversee 1,200 students