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The Illinois Community College Trustees Association (ICCTA) recently honored Harper College with the 2023 Equity and Diversity Award.

The Illinois Community College Trustees Association (ICCTA) recently honored Harper College with the 2023 Equity and Diversity Award. Its the second time Harper received the award, which recognizes leadership on policies that enhance institutional diversity, inclusion and equity.

The Harper College Board of Trustees unanimously approved a new four-year contract for President Dr. Avis Proctor.

The passage of the federal Build Back Better Act by the House on Friday was bittersweet for officials at City Colleges of Chicago, who learned last month a proposal that would have made community colleges across the U.S. tuition free was cut from the roughly $2 trillion social safety net and climate bill.

After Tamika Powell lost her job during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, her uncertainty was replaced with hope when she decided to enroll at Chicago’s Harold Washington College

Stacie Hemley thought she was done with school. It wasn’t an easy decision.

Harper using part of largest donation to launch scholarship program for students in need Harper College in Palatine is using the largest donation received in its history to create scholarships for 1,000 students in need. Most of the funding will come from part of an $18 million gift from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott. Joe Lewnard | Staff Photographer Harper College President Avis Proctor MacKenzie Scott donated $18 million to Harper College in Palatine. The college plans to u...