The Illinois state budget passed this week included increased funding for higher education. That was welcome news to Northeastern Illinois University, which has seen some financial and institutional turbulence in recent years.
passed this week included increased funding for higher education. That was welcome news to Northeastern Illinois University, which has seen some financial and institutional turbulence in recent years and also just reached a tentative agreement with its faculty to avoid a strike.
“We’ve had a tough year,” said Jose Rico, chair of the NEIU board of trustees. “These last three years have been very difficult for us and other universities. … We heard our university community every meeting we had how … the budget crisis of the last administration affected them, how … the pandemic has affected the low enrollments. We were the only university this year that were in contract negotiations that did not go on a strike.
“We serve, really, the population of the city of Chicago — 60% of our students are women, 60% are students of color,” Rico said. “We have the largest and longest federally recognized Hispanic-serving institution where 40% of our students are Latino. We need state support because in order for us to stay accessible, we need to keep our tuition and fees as low as possible.
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