What Illinois college students should know before meeting with Rauner, lawmakers

By Ted Dabrowski, John Klingner

02/13/2017

What’s making college unaffordable for Illinois students isn’t budget gridlock, it’s soaring administrative costs in higher education.

TAGS: higher education

Budget Solutions 2018: Balancing the state budget without tax hikes

By Ted Dabrowski, Craig Lesner, John Klingner, Michael Lucci

01/31/2017

A set of structural reforms that protect taxpayers and put Illinois on the path to prosperity.

Instead of tax hikes, reform higher education to prioritize students over administrators

01/27/2017

Illinois spends more money on retirement costs than on university operations – and tuition keeps rising to prop up this overspending. Instead of hiking taxes to maintain current spending habits in higher education, politicians should shift priorities from propping up six-figure administrators to keeping tuition affordable for students.

TAGS: budget, higher education, pensions, student loans

Full text: Gov. Bruce Rauner’s 2017 State of the State Address

By illinoispolicy

01/25/2017

Delivered on Jan. 25, 2017.

TAGS: Bruce Rauner, State of the State

Illinois lost 150,000 university students from 2000-2014

By Madelyn Harwood

01/05/2017

Misplaced priorities in education funding have driven students out of the state and skyrocketed tuition costs.

TAGS: higher education, outmigration, pensions, U.S. Census Bureau

Illinois’ Medicaid expansion enrollment continues to climb, putting vulnerable at risk

11/01/2016

The surging numbers of able-bodied adults in ObamaCare’s Medicaid expansion threatens funding for Illinois’ neediest residents and discourages work among those enrolled.

TAGS: ACA: Affordable Care Act, health care, Medicaid

Chicago State University students: Blame CSU administration for your troubles

By Ted Dabrowski

03/11/2016

CSU's bloated administration costs more than $3,600 per student, by far the highest of all Illinois' public colleges and universities. By comparison, the average MAP grant at CSU is $2,600 per student.

TAGS: budget, CSU: Chicago State University

Pensions vs. higher education

By Ted Dabrowski, John Klingner

02/04/2016

Skyrocketing pensions, bloated administrations are pricing students out of college degrees

Illinois brain drain symptom of a larger problem

By Scott Reeder

08/27/2015

As adults are migrating to states with better business climates, so too are new high school graduates.

Secret emails at University of Illinois show need for reformed FOIA requirements

By Jeffrey Schwab

08/13/2015

Governments and government agencies should adopt policies that prohibit officials from using their personal email addresses to conduct government business.

TAGS: FOIA: Freedom of Information Act

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

What Illinois college students should know before meeting with Rauner, lawmakers

Budget Solutions 2018: Balancing the state budget without tax hikes

Instead of tax hikes, reform higher education to prioritize students over administrators

Full text: Gov. Bruce Rauner’s 2017 State of the State Address

Illinois lost 150,000 university students from 2000-2014

Illinois’ Medicaid expansion enrollment continues to climb, putting vulnerable at risk

Chicago State University students: Blame CSU administration for your troubles

Pensions vs. higher education

Illinois brain drain symptom of a larger problem

Secret emails at University of Illinois show need for reformed FOIA requirements

FAQ: How the federal scholarship program would help Illinois students

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Diana Graham

Process for unionizing non-state workers raises red flags

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