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Harper College to hold post-election webinarOct 25, 2020 5:29 PM - The Harper Professional Advisors Committee Speakers Series will hold Post-Election Outlook 2020, a free webinar that will explore the economy and other important issues.
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Harper Promise free tuition program faces changes to keep it sustainable
Oct 19, 2020 5:30 AM - With more students signing up for Harper College's Promise Scholarship, the program that guarantees free tuition for good grades, attendance and community service is slowly becoming financially unsustainable, college officials say. It's a reality that has led them to consider tweaks to the program now, and perhaps an overhaul later. -
Constable: Prizes add to palette of artist, disability advocate
Oct 15, 2020 11:19 AM - Paralyzed in a car crash at age 13, Reveca Torres has become an award-winning artist and advocate for people with disabilities. The 39-year-old Prospect Heights woman recently won a pair of major awards.
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Harper provides mental health, basic needs for studentsOct 8, 2020 1:56 PM - At the onset of the pandemic, Harper College surveyed its students to get a better sense of the hardships they faced and the support they needed. Many expressed concerns about mental health and stress and uncertainty about the future of their education.
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Woman who died after Harper College motorcycle class crash remembered as kind, fun-loving
Oct 7, 2020 5:57 AM - A 66-year-old woman who died after a crash during a motorcycle class in Palatine was remembered as kind and fun-loving by her family and employer. -
Woman dies in crash during motorcycle training course at Harper College
Oct 4, 2020 8:23 AM - A woman died Saturday after single-vehicle crash during a motorcycle safety training class at Harper College in Palatine, officials said. -
Harper professor wins national Faculty Innovation Award
Oct 12, 2020 12:20 PM - Harper College's own Dave Braunschweig, professor of computer information systems, has won the Faculty Innovation Award for the American Association of Community Colleges' 2020 Awards of Excellence for his work helping to save students more than $1 million in textbook costs. -
Harper Experience Day goes virtual throughout October
Sep 28, 2020 12:54 PM - Harper College is taking its annual Harper Experience Day online, offering fun, virtual experiences for students of all ages throughout the month of October. -
Harper scholarships open door to variety of training programsSep 17, 2020 2:44 PM - To help those negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, Harper College is introducing the Moving Forward Scholarship for short-term training programs.
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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.
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