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The system has seven colleges and five satellite sites all across the city of Chicago. [3] Satellite sites include facilities that host GED preparation classes, English as a second language (ESL) classes and more. The seven colleges are: Richard J. Daley College; Kennedy-King College; Malcolm X College; Olive-Harvey College; Harry S Truman College
Richard J. Daley College is a public, two-year community college in Chicago, one of the seven City Colleges of Chicago.The college was founded as William J. Bogan Junior College in 1960 and utilized classrooms in the evenings provided by William J. Bogan High School in the Ashburn neighborhood on the southwest side of Chicago, Illinois, United States.
La Salle Extension University (1908–1982, Chicago) Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in Chicago (1983–2017, Chicago) Lexington College (1977–2014, Chicago) Mallinckrodt College (1916–1991, Wilmette), merged with Loyola University Chicago [4] [5] Mundelein College (1930–1991, Chicago) merged with Loyola University of Chicago [6]
Since the early days, the school has developed and changed in many ways. In 1958, North Park Junior College expanded from a two-year college into a four-year program, becoming North Park College. In 1997, the decision was made to change the name of the school again, and North Park University was born. [11]
The Richard J. Daley Center houses more than 120 court and hearing rooms as well as the Cook County Law Library, offices of the Clerk of the Circuit Court, and certain court-related divisions of the Sheriff's Department. The building also houses office space for both the city and Cook County, of which the City of Chicago is its seat of ...
The City Colleges of Chicago operates two colleges on the West Side. In the Near West Side, there is the long-established Malcolm X College. Located on Van Buren Street near Damen Avenue, Malcolm X College is linked to Chicago's first city college Crane Junior College, later Herzl College, which was originally located in Lawndale near Douglass ...
Humboldt Park Library - The current facility opened on July 13, 1996, and in 2013 had 5,000 square feet (460 m 2) of space added. [74] North Pulaski Library - The previous library burned on December 25, 1989. The current facility opened on June 15, 1996. [75] Richard M. Daley-West Humboldt Library - It began operations on July 8, 2011. [76]
The Illinois community college system has a three-tier governance system. Each community college district has a locally elected board of trustees, with the exception of City Colleges of Chicago, whose local board is appointed by the mayor of Chicago. The Illinois Community College Board (ICCB) is the state coordinating board for community colleges.