Pictured: Mike Lynch accepts the Regional Award of Distinction on behalf of Hillcrest High School from SSC Instructor John Geraci. SOUTH HOLLAND, IL–(ENEWSPF)–April 17, 2015. South Suburban College (SSC) with the assistance of Career Development System (CDS) hosted the 8th Annual South Suburban College Video Competition on Thursday, April 2,[Read More…]

Action complements ongoing steps to protect students and consumers against predatory for-profit colleges Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 16, 2015.  The U.S. Department of Education took additional steps this week to protect students and taxpayers and crack down on abuses within the for-profit sector by continuing its enforcement actions against Corinthian Colleges Inc.[Read More…]

A representative from the Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts speaks with a prospective student at an education fair. SOURCE: Flickr/usag-miami New CAP analysis finds that nearly 30 percent of students at for-profit colleges attended an institution now under additional scrutiny from the U.S. Department of Education. Washington, D.C.[Read More…]

SOUTH HOLLAND, IL–(ENEWSPF)—April 16, 2015. South Suburban College (SSC) will host a one-day training titled Illinois Energy Construction Codes Free Training, through the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (IDCEO).  The free training will be presented by the Illinois Energy and Recycling Office on Thursday, May 7th from 8:00[Read More…]

UNIVERSITY PARK—(ENEWSPF)—April 15, 2015. Three generations of the same family—grandmother, daughter and son—will be among the graduates when Governors State University holds its annual Commencement Ceremonies Saturday, May 16 at the Tinley Park Convention Center. GSU will hold two commencements, at 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. In the morning ceremony,[Read More…]

UNIVERSITY PARK, IL—(ENEWSPF)—April 15, 2015. Students from Governors State University (GSU) will travel by bus to Springfield Wednesday, April 22 for a rally in opposition of the proposed budget cuts to Illinois public higher education. Students will bring thousands of signed letters to their state representatives, meet for a rally[Read More…]

Normal —(ENEWSPF)—April 14, 2015. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today convened a summit at Illinois State University to address campus sexual violence and detail new legislation to strengthen responsiveness to incidents at colleges and universities around the state to ensure a safe environment for students and a timely process to respond[Read More…]

SOUTH HOLLAND, IL–(ENEWSPF)—April 14, 2015. South Suburban College student Terry Harris was sworn in for his first term as the new Student Trustee at the college’s April meeting of the Board of Trustees, and welcomed to his new post by Chairman Frank Zuccarelli.  “I’m very excited about this opportunity to[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 13, 2015.  Designing office space to meet the needs of a younger, more technologically mobile generation of professionals that has different expectations of how work and life intersect is the subject of the Gerald Fogelson Forum on Real Estate being held at 5 p.m. Wednesday, April 15 in room[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 13, 2015.  Jessica Hopper, author of the forthcoming book The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic, will read from her work as part of the Roosevelt University Reading Series at 5 p.m. Wednesday, April 15 in the University’s 10th floor library, 430 S. Michigan Ave.,[Read More…]