CHICAGO HEIGHTS—(ENEWSPF)—December 4, 2014. Today, Prairie State College (PSC) President Dr. Terri L. Winfree will join President Obama, the First Lady, and Vice President Biden along with hundreds of college presidents and other higher education leaders to announce new actions to help more students prepare for and graduate from college.[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–December 4, 2014.  Today, President Obama, Vice President Biden, and the First Lady will join college presidents and other education leaders from around the nation at the second White House College Opportunity Day of Action, where organizations will announce over 600 new actions to help more students prepare[Read More…]

Washington D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—December 4, 2014. Today, Governors State University President Elaine P. Maimon joins President Obama, the First Lady, and Vice President Biden along with hundreds of college presidents and other higher education leaders to announce new actions to help more students prepare for and graduate from college.  The White[Read More…]

More than 18,800 high school students recognized for academic achievement DEERFIELD, IL –-(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2014.  The Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC) is pleased to announce the names of the 2015-16 Illinois State Scholars. Today over 18,800 elite honorees join the other top Illinois high school students honored with the prestigious[Read More…]

CHICAGO HEIGHTS—(ENEWSPF)—December 2, 2014. The Prairie State College (PSC) Wind Ensemble will perform a concert of seasonal favorites from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Monday, December 8, in the Conference Center Auditorium on the college’s main campus at 202 S. Halsted in Chicago Heights. For the first time, the adult choir[Read More…]

Higher Education, Business and Non-Profit Leaders Focus on Completion of Bachelor’s Degrees UNIVERSITY PARK, IL –(ENEWSPF)—December 2, 2014. On Thursday, December 4th, Governors State University President Elaine P. Maimon will join President Obama, the First Lady and Vice President Biden at the White House College Opportunity Summit. The Summit will[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 1, 2014. Alfred DeFreece, assistant professor of sociology, is faculty advisor to the Black Student Union and an affiliated faculty member with Roosevelt’s St. Clair Drake Center for African and African American Studies. DeFreece, who started at Roosevelt in 2010, teaches classes such as “Race and Ethnic Relations” and[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 1, 2014.  The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released guidance today for K-12 schools that offer or want to offer single-sex classes. In response to numerous inquiries about the legality of single-sex classes, OCR issued guidance that charts a path for schools on how[Read More…]

More Than 50 New Federally Funded Projects to Create a Safe Environment for Students to Walk and Bike to School CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)–November 29, 2014.  Governor Pat Quinn today announced Illinois has been awarded a $5.9 million federal investment to create Illinois Safe Routes to School. This federally funded program is[Read More…]

CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–November 25, 2014.  Registration for the spring 2015 semester is underway at Prairie State College (PSC). New this semester at PSC is Flexible Scheduling – classes starting at different times during the semester. Students can choose their schedule, their class, their time. Hundreds of courses are offered days, evenings,[Read More…]