DeKALB – Illinois community college students are skipping the college application process and learning if they are accepted into universities without having to apply. High school students are expected to be next.
The Public University Uniform Admission...
DeKALB – The Illinois Commission on Equitable Public University Funding submitted recommendations to the Illinois General Assembly for a new formula that could provide fair and equitable funding to Illinois universities.
Northern Illinois University...
DeKALB – NIU requested about $760 million from the Illinois Board of Higher Education at a Special Meeting of the Board of Trustees to fund major renovations, infrastructure upgrades, and the completion of the new Health Technology Center.
The IBHE...
DeKALB | Renovations of the Holmes Student Center’s first floor are projected to begin during the fall 2017 semester.The student center serves as a hub for NIU community members that features places to study, dining, shopping, a hotel and event facilities,...
Stephanie Torres Celis, junior public health major, is Latino, female and a community college graduate, which she believes will make her perspective unique to the Illinois Board of Higher Education this fall.Celis is one of two student representatives...
Want to be a male nurse? Or a female engineer? At NIU, in 2010, female health professionals outnumbered their male counterparts about four to one. Male engineers outnumber females about nine to one. But gender disparities are more than numbers; culture...
Vision 2020 goals may be dependent on the approval of the Board of Trustees, said NIU President John Peters at Wednesday’s University Council meeting. During his State of the University address Sept. 1, Peters announced his intentions to follow suggestions...
A portion of NIU's state funding may soon be dependent on how many graduates it produces. The Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE) is working with colleges and universities to establish measurements of performance for funding. Performance funding...
"Welcome to another wonderful year at Faculty Senate."With these words Wednesday afternoon, Faculty Senate President Alan Rosenbaum opened another year for the legislative body and urged its members - which counts one voting member for each university...
