DeKALB — With the university presidential search being put on hold during the 2017 fall semester, administrators are taking extra precautions to assure the process is as thorough as possible.The Presidential Search Preparation Committee is researching...

DeKALB — NIU has paid thousands of dollars in legal fees to outside counsel for President Doug Baker as a result of an Office of Executive Inspector General investigation.The OEIG, a state agency that investigates allegations of misconduct, received...

Clarification: Faculty Senate President Bill Pitney said the committee was interested in receiving more information about faculty tenure decisions, not any changes.The Board of Trustees’ Governance Committee is set to present bylaw change recommendations...

The university’s internal budget is a “revolutionary document” in its transparency, according to the chair of the Board of Trustees.The budget, which puts NIU’s Fiscal Year 2015 expenses at about $425 million and its revenue at $426 million, was...

The Board of Trustees reviewed how NIU is helping its students pass the Test of Academic Proficiency, which the state requires would-be teaching students to pass, at its meeting Thursday.The board also approved the purchase of a coach bus, talked about...