Editing Illinois State University (section)

==Academics==
[[File:Illinois State University main quadrangle.jpg|thumb|Felmley Hall of Science]]
[[File:Fell Hall2.jpg|thumb|Fell Hall]]

Founded as a teachers' college, the university now offers a range of programs at the bachelor, master, and doctoral levels. Illinois State is accredited by the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. The teacher preparation programs are accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education and certified by the Illinois State Board of Education. In addition, 22 programs hold discipline-based accreditation.<ref name="Quick Facts">{{cite web|url=http://illinoisstate.edu/quickfacts/|title=Quick Facts|access-date=September 19, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140929224252/http://illinoisstate.edu/quickfacts/|archive-date=September 29, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The university comprises seven colleges:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Academics at Illinois State University |url=https://illinoisstate.edu/academics/ |access-date=February 23, 2024 |website=illinoisstate.edu |language=en}}</ref>
* College of Applied Science and Technology
* College of Arts and Sciences
* [[Illinois State University College of Business|College of Business]]
* [[Illinois State University College of Education|College of Education]]
* College of Engineering<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 23, 2023 |title=Meet the College of Engineering founding chairs |url=https://news.illinoisstate.edu/2023/10/meet-the-college-of-engineering-founding-chairs/ |access-date=February 23, 2024 |website=News |language=en-US}}</ref>
* Mennonite College of Nursing
* [[Illinois State University College of Fine Arts|Wonsook Kim College of Fine Arts]]

===Laboratory schools===
The university has two laboratory schools: [[University High School (Normal)|University High School]] and Thomas Metcalf Laboratory School.

Bloomington/Normal Japanese Saturday School (ブルーミントン・ノーマル補習授業校 ''Burūminton Nōmaru Hoshū Jugyō Kō''), a [[Hoshuko|Japanese weekend school]], was established in 1986 and held at the Thomas Metcalf School.<ref>[http://www.bnhoshuko.org/index.html Home page] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205093506/http://bnhoshuko.org/index.html|date=February 5, 2015}}. Bloomington/Normal Japanese Saturday School. Retrieved on March 31, 2015. "The facility of Metcalf Laboratory School that we have been using since 1986 allows us to enjoy full use of class rooms as well as gym and outdoor playground."</ref> It has a separate office in Normal<ref>"[http://www.bnhoshuko.org/about-us.html ~ 学校の概要 ~] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205145702/http://bnhoshuko.org/about-us.html|date=February 5, 2015}}." Bloomington/Normal Japanese Saturday School. Retrieved on March 31, 2015. "郵便送付先： 1413 Heritage Road West, Normal, IL 61761"</ref>

===Milner Library===
[[File:Milner Library.jpg|thumb|Milner Library]]

Milner Library has a collection of more than 1.63 million volumes and an ever-increasing number of electronic materials accessible by the Internet to students and faculty. The library's collection is distinguished by materials related to educational theory and policy, curriculum development, and issues related to special education and assistive technology. The Special Collections include extensive Circus and Allied Arts materials and a children's literature collection that features more than 100 first edition volumes signed by author [[Lois Lenski]]. Milner Library is also a selective federal depository for government information.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Regional and Selective Federal Depository Libraries |url=https://ask.gpo.gov/s/fdlp-network |website=Government Publishing Office}}</ref>

Milner Library administers the  Jo Ann Rayfield University Archives, which houses selected official records from university departments and organizations, faculty papers, and memorabilia and ephemera on student life. The archives also hosts a branch of the Illinois Regional Archives Depository (IRAD).<ref>{{cite web |title=Dr. JoAnn Rayfield Archives |url=https://library.illinoisstate.edu/services/archives/ |website=Rayfield Archives |publisher=Rayfield Archives, Milner Library |access-date=May 19, 2022}}</ref> In addition to making physical collections available for in-person use,<ref>{{cite web |title=Finding Aids at Milner Library |url=https://findingaids.library.illinoisstate.edu/ |website=Finding Aids at Milner Library |publisher=Milner Library |access-date=May 19, 2022}}</ref> the Rayfield Archives has made many of the university's official publications freely available for online research use.<ref>{{cite web |title=University Archives Online Collections |url=https://library.illinoisstate.edu/services/archives/collections/ |website=University Archives Online Collections |publisher=Rayfield Archives, Milner Library |access-date=May 19, 2022}}</ref> Additional library facilities include [[book storage]] both on and off-site as well as a [[Preservation (library and archival science)|preservation]] department.

The Milner Library was named for [[Angeline Vernon Milner|Angeline "Ange" Vernon Milner]] (1856–1928), a Bloomington-Normal native and the first full-time librarian of Illinois State Normal University. Milner is credited with organizing the university's initial collection of more than 40,000 items and was a prolific author of more than seventy articles and short monographs in library and education journals during her tenure as University Librarian from 1890 to 1927.<ref>{{cite web |title=Milner, Angeline Vernon |url=https://www.mchistory.org/research/biographies/milner-angeline-vernon |website=Milner, Angeline Vernon |publisher=McLean County Museum of History |access-date=May 19, 2022}}</ref>

The current library building, opened in 1976, is the second facility constructed to be a dedicated library. The university library has resided in five campus locations: Old Main (demolished 1958), [[John W. Cook Hall]], North Hall (demolished 1965), Williams Hall (first known as Milner Library), and the current Milner Library.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Anderson |first1=April Karlene |title=Illinois State University |date=2017 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |location=Charleston, South Carolina |isbn=978-1-4671-2748-6 |pages=20, 47, 107 |edition=1st}}</ref>

===Reputation and rankings===
{{Infobox US university ranking
| USNWR_NU = 220
| Wamo_NU = 128
| Forbes = 254
}}

In the 2025 rankings, ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' ranked Illinois State University (tied for) 220 among a combined list of America's best 439 private and public "national universities" and (tied for) 112 among 227 public "national universities" in the United States that qualified for the list.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/illinois-state-university-1692 |title=Illinois State University Overall Rankings |publisher=[[U.S. News & World Report]] |date=2024 |access-date=September 24, 2024}}</ref>

In 2024, ''[[Washington Monthly]]'' ranked Illinois State 128th among 438 national universities in the U.S. based on Illinois State's contribution to the public good, as measured by social mobility, research, and promoting public service.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2024 National University Rankings |url=https://washingtonmonthly.com/2024-college-guide/national/ |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=Washington Monthly |language=en-US}}</ref>

[[Forbes (magazine)|''Forbes'']] magazine ranks Illinois State #254 out of 500 American colleges.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/top-colleges/| work=Forbes| title=Forbes America's Top Colleges List 2025 - Best US Universities Ranked}}</ref>