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STAR EXPLAINS: How the Adequate and Equitable Public University Funding Act could reshape higher education

Summary by Northern Star
DeKALB – In February, Governor J.B. Pritzker proposed a $104 million budget for NIU. This proposal was $26 million short of the university’s requested budget, but other Illinois universities, such as UIUC, received a proposed budget of $746 million.  Public universities in Illinois have faced unstable and insufficient funding for decades, while also dealing with higher tuition and fees, which was around $5,000 higher than the national average in…
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Northern Star broke the news on Wednesday, April 22, 2026.
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