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Students Shaima Patangia, left, and Sahista Patel, talk in the hallway of the College of Education at Northeastern Illinois University on March 16, 2017.
Michael Tercha / Chicago Tribune
Students Shaima Patangia, left, and Sahista Patel, talk in the hallway of the College of Education at Northeastern Illinois University on March 16, 2017.
Chicago Tribune
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Regional universities like Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago are feeling the effects of the state budget impasse, which has limited the school’s finances, enrollment and plans for the future. A rally to encourage solutions to the funding crisis was held there March 16, 2017.