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Hundreds of Chicago Public Schools seniors will soon graduate from high school having already earned a semester’s worth of college credits for free from City...

New $6 million initiative will help expand paid work-based learning and strengthen career pathways for community college students nationwide BOSTON, May 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The PwC Foundation and Jobs...

Malcolm X College students, employees, leadership, and community members gathered on May 19 to commemorate a milestone of immense significance—the 100th birthday of the college’s...

Building off the success of the Chicago Roadmap, a nationally-recognized model of K-12 – community college partnership, CCC and CPS will join with UIC to...

More than 1,000 City Colleges of Chicago Star Scholars are expected to earn their associate degree in the 2024-25 school year. These scholars gathered along...

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

Western Illinois University will partner with City Colleges of Chicago (CCC) to provide additional financial support and educational opportunities for Star Scholars transferring to WIU. As...

MACOMB/MOLINE, IL – Western Illinois University (WIU) is proud to announce a new partnership with City Colleges of Chicago (CCC) that provides additional financial support...

CHICAGO—(December 13, 2024) - Malcolm X College, one of the seven City Colleges of Chicago, has a strong history of celebrating Kwanzaa and for more...

 Illinois Community College Board (ICCB) reports City Colleges of Chicago enrollment is up again with a headcount increase of 9.2% for Fall 2024  CHICAGO –...

City Colleges of Chicago to launch the Engineering Access Alliance partnership with top-ranked University of Illinois Urbana Champaign’s Grainger College of Engineering and launch the...

More than 70% of engineers are white and more than 80% are male, according to the Pew Research Center. A new initiative at Chicago’s community colleges...

On Tuesday, October 1, Governor JB Pritzker, the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO), local leaders, and workforce partners at Richard J. Daley...

CHICAGO— (September 19, 2024) - Northwestern University School of Professional Studies(SPS) and City Colleges of Chicago (CCC) are partnering to increase access to higher learning...

In 2015, Marie Grubb, a supermarket cake decorator, spotted a job advertisement for a technician position at quantum technology company Infleqtion (then called ColdQuanta). The...

AJC at Daley College moves into College’s main building; opens new AJC at Malcolm X College’s West Campus. CHICAGO—(September 3, 2024) - As part of...