MUSCATINE, Iowa — The suspect moved menacingly toward her, but Elexiana Oliva stood her ground, gun drawn and in a half crouch as she calmly tried to talk him down. The confrontation wasn't real, and ...

This year, Shenandoah University launched new online MBA programs in cybersecurity and public health, University of Illinois Springfield began offering master’s certificates in business administration ...

Emily Shields, executive director of Community Colleges for Iowa, which is studying whether the state’s community colleges should be allowed to offer bachelor’s degrees. For some students, “moving to ...

Harper College and other community colleges have renewed a long-sought plan to offer four-year bachelor’s degrees in select fields, but the effort has again stalled in Springfield amid opposition from ...

The artificial intelligence boom doesn't appear to be going away any time soon. Tech and other industry leaders from Bill Gates to have embraced the technology and touted its potential to reshape the ...

Christendom College announced that it will begin offering graduate degrees in education in what its president calls a “tremendous moment” for the college. In the fall, the first cohort of doctoral ...

South of Interstate 64, the only option to obtain a bachelor’s degree in Illinois is at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. But thanks to proposed legislation in the Illinois General Assembly, ...

MOLINE, Ill. — A new bill moving through the Illinois General Assembly — filed by Sen. Mike Halpin, D-Rock Island — could change the landscape of higher education in the state. Right now, students at ...

Illinois could become the latest state to permit its community colleges to offer bachelor’s degrees in high-demand fields. In his state of the state budget address on Wednesday, Governor JB Pritzker ...