Monetary Award Program (MAP grants)

MAP grant increase will make community college tuition-free for many

More Illinois students now qualify for college financial aid. State government will now offer money to students who might have been disqualified from…

Low-income college students in Illinois got some good news today. The state's Monetary Award Program — which provides MAP grants to help pay for tuition —…

?Illinois' MAP grants — the monetary award program for low-income college students — would be available to more students if a bill approved by the…

In his budget address today, Gov. J.B. Pritzker listed education as one of his top three priorities, requesting increased funding for programs across the…

The University of Illinois today announced a new financial aid program designed to make enrollment at its Urbana-Champaign campus more affordable for…

Illinois has struggled for decades to persuade high school graduates to stay in-state for college. The recent two-year budget impasse only made things…

State Senator Chapin Rose had what he thought was a no-brainer bill. All he wanted to do was help public universities connect with promising high school…

The new state budget will fund Illinois colleges and universities at the level of funding they received in 2015 — minus 10 percent. But there’s one area…

Low-income college students have a glimmer of hope now that Governor Bruce Rauner has included money for Monetary Award Program, or MAP grants, in his…