Higher Education

SIU-Carbondale is the only Illinois public university to see a gradual increase in its first-time-full-time freshmen each year since the 2019-2020 academic year.

John A. Logan, Rend Lake and Shawnee Colleges all reported fewer students from Fall 2022.

School shootings can leave an impact on the students not only at those schools but students across the country.

Illinois leaders are working on changes to the way state money is distributed to colleges and universities. In this edition of InFocus, WSIU's Jennifer Fuller talks with SIU System President Dan Mahony about the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.

Archaeology students from five universities, including SIU Carbondale, and six high school students have spent the past several weeks at the Fort Kaskaskia State Historic Site in Randolph County excavating French and American forts.

Southern Illinois University Carbondale is being honored for its commitment as one of the nation’s top transfer-friendly institutions by an academic honors society for associate-degree granting colleges and universities.

The increase in college costs is falling more heavily on families that are likely the least able to absorb it.

Alexis Hamon, a senior and honors student from southeast Illinois majoring in physiology at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, will receive the Abraham Lincoln Civic Engagement Award.

The Illinois Workforce and Education Research Collaborative surveyed 1,200 high school seniors.

Meadow Boden and Graci McDaniel, both recent Southern Illinois University Carbondale aviation graduates, see the 46th transcontinental Air Race Classicas an opportunity to focus on the achievements and future of women in the aviation industry.