College students fleeing Illinois for cheaper tuition. Legislature seeks to change that. - JOSEPH BUSTOS, Belleville News-Democrat

In a study, the Illinois Board of Higher Education found that hundreds of millions of dollars more would come to state universities if the state didn’t have a net loss of students. It also found that the University of Missouri, University of Iowa, Indiana State University and Iowa State University attracted the most Illinois residents in 2014. “Eliminating the net loss would result in more than $215 million in additional tuition and fee revenue to Illinois universities,” the board wrote in a letter to universities presidents and chancellors. http://www.bnd.com/news/local/article185818703.html