CHICAGO (WLS) -- Some local students got a head start on their college search Friday at a fair featuring Historically Black Colleges and Universities from across the country. The students all attend ...

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CPS students Mishal Johnson, left, of North-Grand High School, and Fatima Patel, of Infinity Math Science & Technology High School, work on computers at the Illinois Tech Mies Campus in Chicago on ...

From Columbia College to University of Chicago, Illinois is offering a preview of what’s likely coming for campuses across the country.

Senshay Lofton woke up at 5 a.m. last month to help load boxes into her family’s car and then watched as her mom, dad and older sister drove past the bungalows of the city’s Southwest Side toward the ...

Recent rankings by the Wall Street Journal evaluated and ranked colleges in the Midwestern U.S., and several Illinois schools made the cut on the publication's lists. The rankings list the top 10 ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --As college students head back to class, some in Chicago are headed to the office as part of the Chicago Apprentice Network, a program that recruits talented students at community ...

"I wasn’t sure...where I wanted to go," says Christian Davis. Chicago-area high school senior Christian Davis has been accepted to more than three dozen colleges and universities, including four of ...

Colleges and universities around the country, including in Chicago, are reporting some of their international students' visas are being revoked unexpectedly, expressing alarm over what appears to be a ...

Chicago Public Schools students are graduating high school at near record-high rates, but only half who enroll in college will complete graduate.

Thousands of college students are making their way to dorms across the city this fall, and they’re preparing to pay a pretty penny. As the student debt crisis grips the country and continues to hinder ...