Three City Colleges of Chicago – Kennedy-King College, Malcolm X
College, and Olive-Harvey College -- will receive approximately $8.5
million for up to five years from the U.S. Department of Education to enhance
the colleges’ capacity to better serve low and middle income African-American
students. The three City Colleges are
among 62 colleges across the country to receive a share of a $24.6 million
award.
“These awards translate into
tremendous opportunities for our students,” says City Colleges of Chicago
Chancellor Cheryl L. Hyman. “This funding will assist us in meeting our
Reinvention goals to ensure more students earn college credentials of economic
value, and leave us ready to transfer into bachelor’s degree programs or
successfully move into the workforce.
“Thanks go to Congressman Danny Davis
and the Illinois delegation for their work in helping
us secure these resources for our students,” continued Chancellor Hyman.
Olive-Harvey College received a formula grant of
$250,000 per year for five years ($1.25 million total).
The college plans to utilize the funding received from the
formula grant to serve students in STEM (science, technology, engineering and
mathematics) disciplines through the development and enhancement of professional
instruction and student-led learning communities, as well as through:
- problem-based learning,
- science lab experiences,
- experiential learning opportunities,
- supplemental
instruction, and
- curricular improvements that, in part, develop programs for
reading and writing across the curriculum, specifically science fields.
The
funding will help establish supplemental instruction programs that will utilize
student leaders to serve as “learning mentors” to students enrolled in STEM
courses.
OHC also received a competitive grant
of $599,000 per year for four years ($2.4 million total). Complimenting its
formula grant STEM goals, the competitive grant plans include establishing the
STEM
Student Learning and Effective Teaching Program (STEMSL/ET). The strategic goals of this project are to
improve student learning and teacher effectiveness in STEM- related disciplines
through two strategies – learning communities and a center for teaching and
learning.