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On Thursday, April 10, 2025, City Colleges of Chicago Chancellor Juan Salgado was presented with the 2025 Distinguished Fellow Award from Leadership Greater Chicago (LGC)...

Latinos on the move

Juan Salgado, chancellor of City Colleges of Chicago, was elected to chair the MacArthur Foundation board of directors, effective June 1. Salgado, who was named a...

Salgado has been leading Chicago’s city colleges since 2017. Prior to that, he served as CEO of Instituto del Progreso Latino, a Chicago-based nonprofit that...

Juan Salgado, career champion for economic mobility, was elected to chair the MacArthur Board of Directors and will assume the role in June 2025.

Read City Colleges’ March 2025 newsletter below, or click here to open it in a separate browser.  

John Melendez, owner of a Chicago-area shop, credits his new paint team leader and I-CAR training in helping new techs develop essential skills. In an...

CHICAGO – Chicago Public Schools (CPS) students will soon have more access to career opportunities through an exciting new partnership with ComEd and City Colleges...

Olive-Harvey College  also held its 3rd Annual Social Justice Film Festival  on February 27. The festival introduces the public to talented students in film and...

Read City Colleges’ February 2025 newsletter below, or click here to open it in a separate browser.

For many, Black History Month is a time to reflect on the struggles and triumphs of those who came before us. For the young leaders...

"The apprentices, who ultimately became my colleagues at Accenture. They  brought a different perspective to our business. It gave us a more informed and more...

On February 13th, students in the barbering program at Harry S Truman College spent time providing free haircuts to U.S. Military Veterans at the Rauner...

This Black History Month, two students in City Colleges of Chicago’s Timuel D. Black Jr. Scholarship & Fellowship (TBSF) Program are reflecting on Black history...

The restaurant is a living classroom and training ground for Washburne Culinary & Hospitality Institute students  CHICAGO — (January 30, 2025) – City Colleges of...

To celebrate its 65th Anniversary, the school is compiling a growing exhibit of archival documents commemorating Daley College through the ages, and they are looking...