Articles filed under Community Colleges
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U-46 seeks adults to mentor studentsDec 04, 2014 6:01 am - Game Changers is looking for volunteers to mentor at all Elgin Area School District U-46 middle and high schools. Mentors must commit to working one hour per week with ...
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School officials to meet with ObamaDec 04, 2014 4:01 am - A delegation of suburban school officials will meet with President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, and Vice President Joe Biden today to talk about increasing t...
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Oakton Community College receives Fulbright to study Bolivia and PeruDec 04, 2014 12:01 am - Oakton Community College has received a $94,595 Fulbright Group Projects Abroad grant to fund "Indigenous Voices at the Frontier of a Globalized World: Bolivia and Peru,...
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Editorial: Find middle ground on adjuncts who are retiredDec 03, 2014 4:01 am - When the school year ends, Oakton Community College plans to dismiss dozens of adjunct instructors who are retired and collecting a state pension. The school recently wa...
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Harper pins down wrestling successDec 03, 2014 12:01 am - Four weeks into the season, the Harper College wrestling team has already had plenty of success. On Nov. 15 at the Dan Gable open hosted by Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Zachery Mc...
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Suburban college presidents meeting with Obama ThursdayDec 03, 2014 12:00 am - A delegation of suburban college presidents will meet with President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, and Vice President Joe Biden Thursday to talk about increas...
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COD president to receive 2014 CASE Region V Chief Executive Leadership AwardDec 01, 2014 10:00 pm - College of DuPage President Dr. Robert L. Breuder will receive the 2014 CASE Region V Chief Executive Leadership Award on Dec. 16 at the annual CASE V conference in Chic...
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How College of DuPage bucks state's enrollment declineNov 30, 2014 6:35 am - What's College of DuPage's secret? While Illinois' community college system struggles with enrollment declines, the Glen Ellyn campus joined only two other districts tha...
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Community colleges work to beat enrollment slumpNov 30, 2014 6:30 am - The educators running suburban community colleges are creating new leadership positions and special task forces to try to solve a problem: How to get students in the doo...
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80 Oakton part-time teachers could lose jobs over pension rulesNov 30, 2014 12:01 am - As many as 80 instructors at Oakton Community College are expected to get pink slips at the end of the school year - and it's still not clear if legislation sitting on t...