Chicago State University

Chicago State University Could Lose Accreditation

Chicago Tribune | Angie Leventis Lourgos and Jodi S. Cohen | Posted 11.25.2009 | Chicago


Chicago State University is at risk of losing its accreditation because of "remarkably poor" graduation and retention rates, as well as tumultuous lea...

Chi-Town Daily News Reporter Calls Out Tribune For 'Copycat' Cover Story

Chi-Town Daily News | PETER SACHS | Posted 10.17.2009 | Chicago


I had a very long moment of déjà vu when I saw the front page of yesterday's Trib with a giant article (including giant photo) about a new West Side...

Chicago State Gets $40M From Springfield It Didn't Request

Chicago Tribune | Angie Leventis Lourgos | Posted 10.16.2009 | Chicago


Frank Pogue learned his South Side school would be building an extension campus on the West Side, and state lawmakers were allocating $40 million for ...

Education in Chicago: Wayne D. Watson is the Wrong Man at the Wrong Time for Chicago State University.

Bill Sweetland | Posted 06.29.2009 | Chicago


Bill Sweetland

What Chicago State University needs now is radical reform, if not revolution, and the thought of Dr. Watson stepping on the toes to make it happen is simply ludicrous.

New Chicago State President Wayne Watson: 'You Better Know Emil Jones'

Chicago Sun-Times | Dave Newbart | Posted 06.01.2009 | Chicago


A day after he was chosen to head Chicago State University, Wayne Watson promised to "transform" the troubled South Side university within two to four...

Chicago State Introduces New President To Chorus Of Boos

Chi-Town Daily News | PETER SACHS | Posted 05.30.2009 | Chicago


To a nearly deafening chorus of boos and shouts, the Board of Trustees at Chicago State University this morning unanimously voted for longtime college...

Chicago State Advisory Board Resigns To Protest Presidential Search

Chi-Town Daily News | PETER SACHS | Posted 05.18.2009 | Chicago


All but two members of an advisory board involved in Chicago State University's presidential search process abruptly resigned this afternoon and walke...

Hey, Chicago State University: Watson's a Winner

Hermene Hartman | Posted 05.18.2009 | Chicago


Hermene Hartman

It has been a long time since Chicago State University has had a native Chicagoan as its president.