We are proud to celebrate a remarkable achievement by our own Rochelle Robinson-Dukes, City Colleges Vice President of CCCTU.Rochelle has been accepted into the fall 2026 program at Rosemary's House, an international residential writing retreat based in Greece. She will participate in an October workshop led by celebrated poet Maggie Smith, spending a week immersed in craft alongside writers from around the world.Her acceptance letter speaks for itself. Rosemary's House founder and director Ange

Our newly elected union officers began their three-year term on June 15th. We are pleased to welcome several new Chapter Chairs, many new House Delegates, and a new Classified Vice President, Shannan Smith. Shannan brings 26 years of experience at South Suburban College to her new role as Classified VP of CCCTU. Her path to local-wide leadership is rooted in something simple: showing up for people. By day, Shannan works as a Student Specialist in the Services for Students with Disabilities Offic

Beatrice Lumpkin, a tenured professor of mathematics at Malcolm X College and a lifelong labor activist, passed away on June 15, 2026. She was 107 years old.Born Beatrice Shapiro on August 3, 1918, in...

One of the most direct ways we can put our values into action is by investing in the students sitting in our classrooms right now. That's exactly what our scholarship programs exist to do, and we need your help to make sure students know about them before the April 26 deadline.The Norman G. Swenson Scholarship awards up to 14 students $1,700 each, one from each of the seven City Colleges of Chicago and one from each of the seven suburban colleges. It's open to full-time students who have complet

The administration withdrew its challenge to a ruling halting its effort to strip funding from schools and colleges with D.E.I. programs. It did not say why.

Urge Governor JB Pritzker to stand up to MAGA billionaires and Trump's threats to public schools and universities, occupations of our cities, cuts to vital healthcare, state services, transit, and...

Two Harper College educators have been recognized by the Illinois Community College Trustees Association (ICCTA) for their outstanding contributions to student success, innovative instruction and educational leadership.