Does the “CARES Act” Present a Funding Threat to Higher Education?
By Danyella Wilder, Amy Sokolow, Yun Hao
July 24, 2020 - For-profit colleges accounted for...
Pension Lawsuit Update, Oct 8
We talk with Attorney Aaron Maduff, representing the State Universities Annuitants Association and get a status update on SUAA's lawsuit against the state, challenging...
Ken Griffin, Reportedly “The Richest Man in Illinois,” Donates $125 Million...
Nov 1, 2017 - The AP says Ken Griffin, who reportedly made his first million while still in college, by trading stocks, is donating...
SIU Poll: Will Voters Approve the Progressive Income Tax?
March 3, 2020 -- From the Paul Simon Institute at SIU in Carbondale, we speak with Professor John Jackson on a...
Legislative Outrage at the College of DuPage
Reps Ron Sandack and Jeanne Ives, talk about the actions of the College of DuPage President and its former Board members -- and what...
Bryan Lewis on Running the SURS’ $17 Billion Pension Fund
The State Universities Retirement System (SURS) W. Bryan Lewis, the new executive director of the $17.4 billion state pension fund, talks with members...
Former President Barack Obama Accepts the Paul Douglas Award at the...
Urbana, September 7, 2018 - President Barack Obama told students at the University of Illinois that they need to vote "because our democracy depends...
A New Home for Lincoln College’s Lincoln Collection
From Lincoln Illinois: Professor Ron Keller, gives us a tour of the new setting for Lincoln artifacts, that have long been a part of...
HILLARY CLINTON PROMISES TEACHERS HIGHER PAY
By Shanshan Wang, for the Illinois Channel
WASHINGTON --Speaking to the National Education Association, at about the same time as FBI Director James Comey announced...
Lawsuit Against State Over Pension Reform: Update from Aaron Maduff
We talk to attorney Aaron Maduff who is representing the State Universities Annuitants Association in their lawsuit against Illinois over pension reform, and get...
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From the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library: We talk with historian and fmr military officer, Mark DePue on his work of conducting indepth oral history...