Dawn Rhodes

Chicago mayoral candidate Toni Preckwinkle appears with supporters, Feb. 26, 2019, at Lake Shore Cafe in the Kenwood neighborhood.

Read what Lori Lightfoot and Toni Preckwinkle said after Lightfoot clinched the runoff election for Chicago mayor

May 12, 2019 at 6:46 p.m.

Here’s what Lori Lightfoot and Toni Preckwinkle had to say after the runoff race for mayor of Chicago ended with Lori Lightfoot as the winner. Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot Thank you,...

Striking teaching assistants chant and bang plastic containers following a rally on the campus of the University of Illinois at Chicago campus on April 1, 2019.

Classroom walkout by teaching assistants at University of Illinois at Chicago enters 3rd week

May 23, 2019 at 6:53 a.m.

A strike by graduate and teaching assistants at the University of Illinois at Chicago has entered its third week as negotiations during spring break proved unsuccessful. The Graduate Employees’ Union,...

Graduate student employees of the University of Illinois at Chicago picket March 19, 2019, outside the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum on campus as they strike during contract negotiations.

Teaching assistants go on strike at University of Illinois at Chicago: ‘We have to fight for the school to care about us’

May 23, 2019 at 6:52 a.m.

Graduate student employees at the University of Illinois at Chicago, saying they don’t earn a living wage, went on strike Tuesday after more than a year of contract negotiations failed...

Angela Henderson speaks at a Chicago State University board meeting at the campus library on Dec. 9, 2016.

Ex-Chicago State official whom school had decided to terminate collects more than $800K to leave job, settle lawsuit with UIC over dissertation

May 23, 2019 at 6:47 a.m.

A former top academic officer at Chicago State University whom the school had decided to terminate — and whose doctorate from another local university was called into question after a...

William "Rick" Singer, front, founder of the Edge College & Career Network, exits federal court in Boston on March 12, 2019, after he pleaded guilty to charges in a nationwide college admissions bribery scandal.

Man at center of college bribery scandal donated $150K to Chicago’s DePaul University while son was enrolled

May 23, 2019 at 6:52 a.m.

The California businessman at the center of the nationwide college admissions scandal used money from his foundation — which prosecutors allege was a sham — to pay for multiple donations...

Students from Illinois have increasingly made the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Ala., their school of choice. A group of prospective students take a campus tour and walk along one of the pathways on The Quad.

Illinois losing even more high school graduates to out-of-state colleges

May 23, 2019 at 6:51 a.m.

For years, Illinois colleges and universities have tried to find new ways to attract more high school graduates from within the state, while young people increasingly are choosing to pursue...

The Chicago campus of Argosy University on Thursday March 7, 2019.

As Argosy University in Chicago shuts down amid student loan scandal, confusion and emotion reign

May 23, 2019 at 6:50 a.m.

The lobby of the building that houses Argosy University’s Chicago campus was relatively calm Friday, but hints abounded that all was not well. As students filed in and out of...

About 700 students attend Argosy University's Michigan Avenue campus, according to the Illinois Board of Higher Education.

Argosy University in Chicago, accused of misusing financial aid, faces ‘devastating’ shutdown Friday, leaving students scrambling

May 23, 2019 at 6:50 a.m.

Argosy University in Chicago likely will close Friday, days after being cut off from federal financial aid over its mishandling of the money and facing possible sanctions from the state....

Western Illinois University's Quad Cities campus is in Moline.

Western Illinois University lays off 132 faculty and staff: ‘It was a terribly sad experience’

May 23, 2019 at 6:49 a.m.

Facing persistent budget problems, Western Illinois University has laid off 132 employees. Among those receiving notices were 29 faculty members, 89 civil service workers, 12 academic service personnel and two...

Akarachi Alilonu at Harper Memorial Library in Chicago on March 1, 2019. The University of Chicago student didn't vote Tuesday but helped with an aldermanic campaign.

Ignorance, apathy, or just the weather? Why young people blew off Chicago’s recent election

May 12, 2019 at 6:42 p.m.

Since he turned 18, Berto Aguayo has made it his business to show up at the polls for national and local elections. So when he decided to run for Chicago...

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