From art to engineering, my pathway from high school to college wasn’t linear, but City Colleges of Chicago helped me…

Malcolm Ryce came to Olive-Harvey College after spending his freshman year of college at a state university that didn’t quite…

Aon apprenticeship program provided on-the-job training, a salary, and benefits from the company, as well as an associate degree from…

After graduating from Chicago Vocational Academy in 2009, Burnham neighborhood resident Antoinnette Smith spent some time figuring out her next…

As part of the Early College program, Jacori was taking college level classes and earning college credit as a high…

When Alexander Hernandez came to the U.S. from Guatemala in 2011, he knew he wanted to learn English first –…

“I wanted to learn how to work on bigger projects, and on developments that could change the landscape of communities,”

“I was in the corporate world, working with people in the field. It’s something more students should have the opportunity…

Adam Neidlinger, who studied linguistics, Spanish, French and Portuguese after he graduated high school in 2001, has focused on learning…

When Daniellia Marshall graduated from Whitney Young in 2011, she had already found her passion – and immediately started doing…

“The Transfer Scholars program is completely worth it. You know where you’ve been accepted a whole year ahead of time,…

Conor Parnell wanted a career that blended audio engineering and healthcare.