Darien
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DuPage edges Harper in 2 OTsOct 15, 2011 12:00 am - The Harper College football team dropped another heartbreaker Saturday afternoon, 12-6 in double overtime to rival College of DuPage in Palatine. Special teams mishaps ...
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ABC 7's '190 North' turns the spotlight on West ChicagoOct 12, 2011 6:00 am - West Chicago isn't really the kind of metropolis where Superman hangs out. The city — specifically, the DuPage Business Center — just plays one in the movies. But after ...
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Cook of the Week Challenge Week 3 judgesOct 11, 2011 11:00 pm - Jean-Louis Clerc French born and trained Jean-Louis Clerc joined the faculty of College of Dupage as executive chef at Waterleaf, a student-staffed fine-dining restauran...
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Suburban colleges try to get kids college-readyOct 10, 2011 12:00 am - Too many students are graduating high school without the skills needed to take on college-level course work, local educators and national statistics say. While community...
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Once homeless herself, woman leads COD symposium to help othersOct 10, 2011 12:00 am - Jill Markussen was a senior executive in the mortgage industry, but her company filed for bankruptcy in 2007 and all employees got the pink slip. Months later, she and h...
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Focus on adjunct quality, not quantityOct 05, 2011 5:00 am - As a way to save costs, community colleges have increasingly hired adjunct instructors. Bargain that they are, part-timers also allow schools to easily fill gaps and exp...
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Community colleges increasingly rely on foundationsOct 02, 2011 11:00 pm - Funds growing in importance in providing the extras in tight economy
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Guilty plea in Darien triple murdersSep 20, 2011 12:00 am - A 25-year-old man admitted to slaying three members of a Darien family last year as part of a deal with prosecutors that requires him to testify against a friend he clai...
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Web conference Sept. 22 on elder lawSep 15, 2011 11:00 pm - The nonprofit National Private Duty Association, along with the Illinois Chapter, has announced it will host a consumer education web conference entitled Addressing Lega...
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Freeze lifted on Section 8 vacancies in DuPageSep 15, 2011 12:00 am - Federal officials temporarily have lifted a rental freeze that’s been in place since the DuPage Housing Authority was hit by a financial scandal. The decision by the U.S...