College of DuPage Board approves $4 million payment to former president to drop lawsuit
The COD Board voted in 2015 to fire Robert Breuder who was under fire for extravagant spending at the taxpayer's expense.
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The COD Board voted in 2015 to fire Robert Breuder who was under fire for extravagant spending at the taxpayer's expense.
The College of DuPage Board of Trustees is expected to vote on a $4 million settlement with its former president in exchange for him dropping a lawsuit against the school.
His life's work documents 250 inmates from the day of their release to the weeks, months and years of barriers hit afterwards.
A felon in Illinois can't even host a game of bingo. That's just one of the laws on the state's books that affect people leaving prison. A Chicago researcher is looking for solutions to the ways society cares for convicts. CBS 2's Lauren Victory told us about how his big project just got a huge boost.
George R.R. Martin is presenting his alma mater with a magical gift to inspire future authors with a $5 million donation. The "Game of Thrones" author of the "A Song of Ice and Fire" series and the co-executive producer of the GOT series is donating the gift to Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications.
The "state snapshot" on the report card website breaks down the designation of schools, from exemplary to comprehensive.
The state of Illinois released its "Illinois Report Card" providing insight into how public schools are faring. The "state snapshot" on the report card website breaks down the designation of schools, from "exemplary" to "comprehensive."
When the reading and math test scores came in last year, it was a gut punch to teachers CPS CEO Pedro Martinez said.
The union said it and CCC are 'still far from reaching an agreement.'
Morning Insider Lauren Victory takes us inside a new program defying those odds through an older genre of music.
A professor hopes to have the drone technology in use of a cost-effective way to inspect many light poles at a time around the city.
More than 12,000 of those borrowers have ties to Illinois.
Students told CBS 2 there have been other issues, including long security links to get into the school.
"It's going to be paid for in the future through one of two things, either tax increases or less government spending on things we care about."
Borrowers earning less than $125,000 a year, or less than $250,000 a year as a couple, will be eligible for up to $10,000 in loan forgiveness.
The students described Karen Fitzpatrick-Carpenter as 'the glue that holds this building together.'
During a recent trip to the Field Museum, students had a hands-on experience of how many career paths there were.
Schill will serve as the Evanston university's 17th president beginning this fall,
Between COVID, rising prices, and staffing shortages, the need is great.
"They can go to Amazon or McDonald's and make $21 an hour."
