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

As enrollment drops 50%, Chicago State University continues work on new $60M campus

By Hilary Gowins

02/06/2017

Lawmakers should address wasteful spending in higher education, which is hurting students, their families, instructors and taxpayers.

TAGS: budget, CSU: Chicago State University, education, higher education

Despite financial crisis, Chicago State University pays lobbyists, Madigan spokesman hundreds of thousands

01/23/2017

Chicago State University spent more than $200,000 lobbying Springfield politicians, while deteriorating finances caused it to lay off hundreds of employees, including professors.

TAGS: CSU: Chicago State University, higher education, lobbying, Mike Madigan, Steve Brown

Chicago State University president resigns with $600,000 in severance pay

09/19/2016

The outgoing CSU president’s exorbitant severance package highlights the need to rein in Illinois universities’ high administrative costs.

TAGS: budget, CSU: Chicago State University, higher education

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

Chicago State president allegedly attempted to silence professor with false sexual-harassment claims

By Jeffrey Schwab

03/27/2015

Chicago State University was among the 10 worst colleges for free speech in 2014. With the latest development in this case, it appears CSU is making a strong bid to hold that distinction in 2015 as well.

TAGS: CSU: Chicago State University, cyberbullying, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, free speech, Haki Madhubuti, LaShondra Peebles

2 Illinois universities among worst in the nation for free speech

By Jeffrey Schwab

03/06/2015

Universities are supposed to be safe havens for controversial ideas, but at least 10 Illinois universities have one or more policies that clearly and substantially restrict freedom of speech.

TAGS: CSU: Chicago State University, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, free speech, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Chicago State University sued for violating First Amendment rights

By Bryant Jackson-Green

07/09/2014

The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, or FIRE, filed a lawsuit against Chicago State University, or CSU, last week, accusing the university of “[engaging] in an ongoing campaign to silence … criticisms of how the university is run” when it tried to shut down an independently operated faculty blog. Since at least last year,...

TAGS: Chicago, CSU: Chicago State University, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education

Unlocking Opportunity: How Occupational Licensing Reform Would Promote Equitable Empowerment in Illinois

Illinois finds itself at a crossroads: will it empower minorities and poor people to unleash their potential, or will it perpetuate an inequitable status quo? For far too many Illinoisans, opportunity is unfairly and unnecessarily out of reach. Illinois ranks in the bottom ten among all states in social mobility and last among Midwest states...

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Process for unionizing non-state workers raises red flags

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