Articles filed under Oakton Community College
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How Oakton College plans to use federal grant to help minority students
Oct 25, 2020 12:20 AM - Asian Americans often are viewed as a model minority that's educated and affluent. That stereotype presents a challenge for Asian American students who come from low-income families or are first-generation immigrants struggling to assimilate in American society while facing unique cultural challenges and barriers, said Edwin Chandrasekar, Oakton Community College vice president for administrative affairs.
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Oakton to host virtual women's art exhibit starting MondayOct 18, 2020 3:47 PM - Access will be online only to an Oakton Community College exhibit of innovative artwork from around the world exploring the evolving role of women in society.
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Two Oakton women employees earn national "40 under 40" award
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Oakton to launch state's first community college Public Health Contact Tracer Certificate programSep 24, 2020 3:02 PM - Oakton Community College is once again responding to the call for the need for trained workers to limit the spread of COVID-19 by launching the public health contact tracer certificate program. The program will quickly prepare students to monitor the contacts of infected people and notify them of their exposure. Courses start Oct. 20.
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Oakton College launching contract tracing certificate programSep 23, 2020 1:26 PM - Oakton Community College is launching a Public Health Contact Tracer Certificate program to quickly prepare students to monitor the contacts of people infected with COVID-19 and notify them of their exposure. Courses start Oct. 20. Oakton is the first community college in Illinois to offer a credit-based program in this field.
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Oakton receives $1.75 million grant to help low-income and first-generation studentsSep 16, 2020 11:32 AM - Oakton Community College will receive a federal Student Support Services grant of nearly $1.75 million over five years from the U.S. Department of Education to help more students succeed in and graduate from college.
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Find out more about Oakton by attending virtual events
Sep 10, 2020 9:26 AM - Wherever you are in your college journey, visit Oakton Community College and see what the Oakton experience is all about without leaving home!. -
Suburban colleges report huge enrollment declines among Latino, Black and adult learners
Sep 8, 2020 7:47 AM - The coronavirus pandemic's disproportionate impact on racial and ethnic minorities extends beyond higher rates of infection and deaths statewide. Its economic fallout also is hurting their educational progress, say leaders at suburban community colleges seeing huge declines in student enrollment, particularly among adult learners, Black, Latino and other disadvantaged student populations. -
Oakton's late-start classes keeps busy student in mind
Sep 1, 2020 9:54 AM - Oakton Community College's fall class schedule is developed with the busy person in mind. -
Community colleges start academic year with mostly virtual classes
Aug 29, 2020 4:54 PM - More than 80% of students at suburban community colleges began the fall semester this week in virtual classes while a limited number of students returned to campuses for in-person instruction for courses requiring a more hands-on approach, mostly for lab work and career certification programs. Across the board, colleges are reporting enrollment declines of between 6% and 20% compared to last fall attributed to pandemic fallout.
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