Two state universities have announced plans this week to eliminate positions and take other measures to stay afloat after weathering two years without a full budget. At Northeastern Illinois University,...

Eastern has identified 118 civil service and administrative and professional positions for elimination, according to a  university press release sent noon Tuesday. More than 50 of those positions are...

Some students will have to adjust their fall class schedules with half of Eastern’s academic departments seeing a reduction in annually contracted faculty. President David Glassman announced last...

With layoffs on the horizon for some Eastern employees, three of the university’s electricians have already lost their jobs. John Warner, the Eastern representative for Illinois Brotherhood of Electrical...

With all areas of the university expected to see layoffs this summer, workers under the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees union are preparing for potential losses. Roughly...