CITY COLLEGES OF CHICAGO LEADERSHIP SEARCH About City Colleges City Colleges gives students access to a quality education and ensures their success by providing them with the support to complete their pro- gram and move on to further education or a career. City Colleges of Chicago (CCC) aims to ensure the success of every stu- dent and serve as an economic engine for the City of Chicago. City Colleges of Chicago is the largest community college system in Illinois and one of the largest in the nation, with 5,500 faculty and staff serving more than 100,000 students annually at seven colleges and six satellite sites. With locations across the city, the seven colleges include: Richard J. Daley College, Kennedy-King College, Malcolm X College, Olive-Har- vey College, Harry S Truman College, Harold Washington College and Wilbur Wright College. City Colleges also oversees: the award-winning Washburne Culinary Institute, the French Pastry School, the Parrot Cage Restaurant at South Shore Cultural Center, the Sikia Banquet Facility, five Child Development Centers, the Center for Online Learning, the Workforce Academy, the public broadcast station WYCC TV Channel 20 and radio station WKKC FM 89.3. Under the leadership of Chancellor Cheryl Hyman, City Colleges of Chi- cago launched a Reinvention in 2010, a collaborative effort to review and revise CCC programs and practices to ensure students leave col- lege-ready, career-ready and prepared to pursue their life’s goals. Since the launch of Reinvention, City Colleges has more than doubled its graduation rate and number of degrees awarded, and seen increases in transfer, adult education transitions, remedial transitions and more. In that same time, City Colleges has saved $70 million, undertook a $545 million capital plan, and posted balanced budgets with no increase in property taxes. City Colleges is seeking leadership to continue the last six years of suc- cess under Reinvention. 2 CITY COLLEGES OF CHICAGO LEADERSHIP SEARCH Serving a Diverse Student Body City Colleges of Chicago works to provide students access to a high-quality, relevant and affordable education that prepares them for further college and careers. City Colleges serves an extraordinarily diverse group of students. Of the more than 100,000 students who attended City Colleges in FY2015: Student Type • 60 percent Credit (associate degree or certificate) • 30 percent Adult education (ESL/GED) • 13 percent Continuing education/Special interest • 1 percent Skills (Being reclassified as credit or discontinued) Race • 7 percent identified as Asian • 33 percent as Black • 41 percent as Hispanic • 15 percent as White Gender • 58 percent are female • 42 percent are male Credit Student Age • The average age of credit students is 26, including many students who come straight from high school and others who may be changing their career in later life. Credit Student Status • 56 percent of credit students attend full-time • 44 percent of credit students attend part-time Socio-economics • Approximately three-quarters of students receive financial aid. Academic preparedness • More than 80% percent of students require some form of remediation (English, reading or math) 3 CITY COLLEGES OF CHICAGO LEADERSHIP SEARCH A Path to Further College and Careers TRANSFER In FY2015, 49% of City Colleges students had transferred to a bache- lor’s degree program within two years of completing City Colleges. Most students go to an Illinois-based college or university, with the following colleges being among those matriculating the most CCC students: • University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) • Northeastern Illinois University • DePaul University • Columbia College Chicago • National Louis University • University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign • Governors State University • Northern Illinois University • Loyola University Chicago Other notable colleges recently receiving City Colleges students include: Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), Northwestern University, and Columbia University (NYC). CAREER 58% of City Colleges students report being employed in their area of training approximately one year after graduation. Some of those College to Careers partners who have hired City Colleges students and graduates include: Health • Rush University Hospital • Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago • Stroger Hospital of Cook County • CVS Pharmacy Manufacturing • Kay Manufacturing • Arrow Gear Culinary • Aramark Sports and Entertainment • Mariano’s Business • Aon Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics (TDL) • Coca-Cola • Schneider The median earnings of students employed in their area of training in FY2015 was $33,280. 4 CITY COLLEGES OF CHICAGO LEADERSHIP SEARCH More than 100 years of quality, affordable post-secondary education City Colleges of Chicago first opened its doors on September 11, 1911 In 2007, a brand new Kennedy-King College opened at 63rd and as Crane Junior College. Nicknamed “the people’s college,” it was es- Halsted Street which houses WYCC TV, Washburne Culinary Institute, tablished under the Chicago Board of Education as a way to provide and WKKC Radio. high quality, affordable education accessible to all in Chicago. There As City Colleges approached its 100th anniversary, Chancellor Hyman were just 30 students in the first class. launched the Reinvention initiative in 2010. The centerpiece of the By 1929, Crane Junior College, with 4,000 students, was the largest Reinvention effort is to ensure student success, drive greater degree junior college in the country. But, the college was forced to close in attainment, job placement and career advancement and become the 1933 during the Great Depression. There was an immediate public economic engine for the city of Chicago. The initiative is a long-term, outcry, led by students, faculty, members of Chicago’s growing labor ongoing effort designed to ensure CCC continues to benefit Chicago movement, and most notably, attorney Clarence Darrow. The college into its second century. reopened less than a year later as Herzl Junior College. Two new sites In order to prepare Chicagoans for careers in growing industries, City were added: Wright Junior College on the Northwest Side, and Wilson Colleges launched the College to Careers initiative in 2011. The initia- Junior College on the South Side. tive partners City Colleges faculty and staff with employers and uni- During World War II, the colleges were taken over by the military for versities in fast-growing industry sectors to help align City Colleges use as training facilities. After the war, soldiers returning to school on curricula and facilities so students are prepared with skills to succeed the GI Bill filled City Colleges to capacity. in the workforce. These partnerships also provide City Colleges’ stu- dents access to real-world experience via teacher-practitioners, in- In the 1950s, Truman College opened as an evening college at Amund- ternships and first-pass at job opportunities. sen High School. Fenger College and Southeast College also opened consolidating to create Olive-Harvey College two decades later. To help eliminate the barrier of cost and allow students across Chi- cago to achieve the dream of attending college, Chancellor Hyman Expansion continued in the 1950s, with the opening of Bogan Junior partnered with Mayor Rahm Emanuel to introduce the Chicago Star College on the Southwest Side (later renamed Daley College) and Loop Scholarship in 2014. The scholarship guarantees completion-ready College Downtown (later renamed Harold Washington College). In students with a 3.0 GPA at Chicago Public Schools, starting with 2015 1968, students closed down several City College campuses amid civil graduates, a free education for up to three years at City Colleges of rights issues. To recognize the key civil rights leaders, Herzl College Chicago, after the application of financial aid. In its first year, the Chi- was renamed Malcolm X College and Wilson College became Kenne- cago Star Scholarship helped more than 1,000 Chicago students go to dy-King College. college for free. Following the introduction of the Star Scholarship, City WYCC TV began televised instruction in the 1980s through the Center Colleges entered into partnership agreements with 15 four-year col- for Online Learning and Olive-Harvey College’s South Chicago Learning leges and universities across Chicago to offer further financial incen- Center opened. tives to students planning to transfer after completing at City Colleges. Satellite sites continued to grow as well. Humboldt Park Vocational As part of its ongoing capital plan, City Colleges has made strategic Education Center and Arturo Velasquez West Side Technical Institute investments that align with its Reinvention strategies, including a new opened in the 1990s under Wright and Daley Colleges respectively Malcolm X College campus, a $45 million TDL Center at Olive-Harvey and Dawson Technical Institute became part of Kennedy-King College. College, and a modernization plan for Richard J. Daley College that will include a state-of-the-art Advanced Manufacturing Center. 5 CITY COLLEGES OF CHICAGO LEADERSHIP SEARCH Reinvention Focuses on Student Success When Chancellor Cheryl Hyman arrived in 2010, she launched a Increased completion Reinvention of City Colleges to ensure students have access to a quality, • The number of degrees granted annually has jumped from an affordable post-secondary education and find success, meaning they average of 2,000 to over 5,000, the highest amount in City complete their