Lisa Kurian Philip, Author at Open Campus

Chicago State University faculty inch closer to a strike

Professors at the state’s only majority-Black public university are some of Illinois’ lowest paid.

A Northwestern professor is writing a book about the history of the policy in higher education and spoke with WBEZ about his findings.

The great-great granddaughter of a man who bought 15 family members out of slavery donated nearly 2,000 cookbooks to Kennedy-King College.

Calculus is an easy way to sort students: those who took it, and those who didn’t. But there’s a problem. Some students never had the chance.

The tentative deal reached late Sunday ends a four-day strike. It fell into place after administrators enhanced their compensation offer.

The work stoppage at the University of Illinois has students scrambling to learn course material on their own.

Strike threats aren’t uncommon at Illinois universities. What’s unusual is the focus on student mental health and how it impacts faculty workloads.