There's a growing movement to increasingly incorporate Community Health Workers into a state's health system as evidence points to their benefits, from potentially strengthening health outcomes to improving the public's health. A community health wo...

Research has long shown that engagement in higher education is critical to success. That's no less true at community colleges, where many students - who live off-campus and may work fulltime or have a family - don't feel connected. Harper College is...

College of DuPage trustees are poised to begin the process of firing embattled President Robert Breuder, an effort that could start Thursday but may take months, officials said Tuesday. A final vote to fire Breuder for cause, however, would require...

In 1962, my identical twin brother Steve and I turned 12. It was a big day around the Ender household. Dad took us to lunch and a movie and we came home to a surprise party attended by all of our friends. Following the party, Mom and Dad sat us do...

A junior high school in Palatine with growing numbers of low-income students is being prepared to become a "community school," to help expand resources for those students and their families. Officials in Palatine Township Elementary District 15 have...

The residents of Covenant Village of Northbrook, a faith-based, nonprofit continuing care retirement community administered by Covenant Retirement Communities, awarded four local high school seniors grant-in-aid funding to continue their education t...

Viviane Motta de Mello came to the U.S. two years ago by way of Brazil and Chile with no knowledge of English, no friends and little insight into American culture. Today, she's on track to graduate from Harper College next fall with a degree in para...

The Harper College athletic department will be welcoming another prominent figure for the opening ceremony on Monday, Aug. 24. Former University of Illinois standout basketball player and professional basketball player as well as current college bas...