Program giving academic, financial support helps City Colleges grads earn more, study finds By Mary Norkol. Support works: Community college students who participate in the Chicag ...

Students who started getting help from the nonprofit One Million Degrees while in high school were more likely to earn an associate degree and, on average, earned $14,000 more than their counterparts, ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --As college students head back to class, some in Chicago are headed to the office as part of the Chicago Apprentice Network, a program that recruits talented students at community ...

One Million Degrees (OMD) — the Chicago-based nonprofit that pioneered a comprehensive approach to boosting completion rates for community college students — and City Colleges of Chicago today ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, along with the City Colleges of Chicago, the University of Chicago, and the University of Chicago Medical Center, have shared plans to expand healthcare programs and ...

CHICAGO (CBS) — Having the right school supplies might be a small part of the college experience, but for hundreds of Chicago students, their college send-off came with a big surprise announcement, ...

When, after the blink of an eye, your toddler is suddenly talking about which college to attend, things get real for parents. Here are some tips for visiting prospective colleges, in this case, with ...

As students may be figuring out where to go to college, a new tool shows them which Illinois schools produce the highest ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Some local students got a head start on their college search Friday at a fair featuring Historically Black Colleges and Universities from across the country. The students all attend ...

Lara Romero vividly remembers the first time she attended college nearly two decades ago, having just given birth to her first child, Salvatore, soon after graduating high school. It took Romero ...