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College of DuPage leaders remain optimistic as to how the institution is weathering the pandemic, reporting that fall 2021 headcount is down only a slight 0.8 percent over 2020 figures. This equates to 21,172 students this fall as compared to 21,267 students fall term 2020.

Most community colleges in the Chicago area are encouraging -- not requiring -- vaccinations, despite guidelines from the Illinois Board of Higher Education urging schools to make COVID-19 shots mandatory. Students at College of DuPage, however, must be vaccinated before in-person or hybrid classes begin next spring.

WKBT July 1, 2021 5:00 PM Colin Beresford Posted: Updated: Getty Images College enrollment has fallen for the second semester in a row compared with year-earlier periods. And the drop through the spring of this year was worse than it was in fall 2020. For the spring semester, overall enrollment declined 3.5% from the previous spring, according to estimates released by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center on June 10. Last fall, enrollment fell 2.6% year over year. The est...

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Posted6/1/2021 5:30 AM Suburban community colleges set to receive millions of dollars more in federal COVID-19 relief funding in the coming months are stepping up efforts to help students in need with tuition costs and other expenses, as well as using the money to mitigate the pandemics impact on their budgets. The American Rescue Plan authorized in March provides more than $36 billion in emergency grants, including $10 billion to community colleges, $2.6 billion to historically Black colleges ...

College of DuPage signs transfer agreements with two HBCUs     Posted5/18/2021 12:41 PM As part of its commitment to educational access and success, College of DuPage students now have a simpler path to transfer to historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) thanks to recently signed articulation agreements with Florida A&M University and Kentucky State University. The new agreements will allow COD students who complete a transfer-level associate degree to transfer directly...

COD student Samiha Syed receives prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Scholarship Samiha Syed of Lombard is one of 72 students nationwide to received the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship. Courtesy of College of DuPage     Updated 5/14/2021 11:30 PM College of DuPage student Samiha Syed of Lombard has received the prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship, the largest private scholarship in the nation for community co...

Reply (Art Carrillo) College of DuPage Signs First of its Kind Transfer Agreements with HBCUs Florida A&M University and Kentucky State University As part of College of DuPages commitment to educational access and success, COD students now have a simpler path to transfer to historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) thanks to recently signed articulation agreements with Florida A&M University and Kentucky State University. The new agreements will allow COD students who complete a tran...

Home / Top News / College of DuPage Signs First of its Kind Transfer Agreements with HBCUs Florida A&M University and Kentucky State University College of DuPage Signs First of its Kind Transfer Agreements with HBCUs Florida A&M University and Kentucky State University Glen Ellyn, Ill., May 11, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — As part of College of DuPage’s commitment to educational access and success, COD students now have a simpler path to transfer to historically black colleges and universities (...

Press release content from Globe Newswire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. College of DuPage Signs First of its Kind Transfer Agreements with HBCUs Florida A&M ... College of DuPageMay 11, 2021 GMT Glen Ellyn, Ill., May 11, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As part of College of DuPage’s commitment to educational access and success, COD students now have a simpler path to transfer to historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) thanks to recently signed articulation agreeme...