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, ...

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 ...

City Colleges of Chicago is partnering with the Greater Chicago Food Depository to offer free meals to students in an effort to combat food insecurity across their campuses. The Food Security for Life ...

Olive-Harvey College in Chicago's Pullman neighborhood is making it easier for high school students to get a head start on their careers. The college at 10001 S. Woodlawn Ave., part of the City ...

CHICAGO, Nov. 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- One Million Degrees (OMD) and City Colleges of Chicago today announced results from a multi-year study by the University of Chicago Inclusive Economy Lab (IEL) ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Gov. JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Tuesday afternoon celebrated the launch of "Food Security for Life," an initiative that aims to end hunger among City Colleges ...

Last year, Penny Pritzker called on city nonprofits, training providers, and employer coalitions to propose a way to best ...

The investment aims to train and place students into 1,000 health care jobs over the next three years and up to 400 positions each year after that.