Excelencia in Education Releases Comprehensive New Profile of Latino Students in Higher Education

April 9, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 9, 2024) – Excelencia in Education announces today the release of a comprehensive new profile of Latino students — one of the...

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Gov. Pritzker Celebrates Quantum Technology Leadership with The Bloch Tech Hub

April 1, 2024

The Bloch Quantum Tech Hub projected to generate $60 billion in economic impact CHICAGO — Today, Governor JB Pritzker and Innovate Illinois announced a multi-year...

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Illinois Tech, City Colleges, and CPS Launch Runway 606 to Fast Track Chicago Students from High School to STEM Master’s Degrees

March 20, 2024

New Runway 606 initiative from Illinois Institute of Technology, City Colleges of Chicago, and Chicago Public Schools will reduce the time it takes to earn...

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Chicago Tribune Reports: High schoolers can fast-track into careers in cybersecurity through new partnership by CPS, Illinois Tech, City Colleges

March 20, 2024

In May, Armando Rodriguez will graduate from Sarah E. Goode STEM Academy. By August, he will be a junior at Illinois Tech, made possible by...

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Chicago Sun-Times Reports: CPS launches fast track to STEM master’s degrees

March 20, 2024

The Runway 606 program, starting this fall, will allow any CPS student with a 2.5 GPA to apply for dual enrollment with City Colleges of...

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Discovery Partners Institute Launches Year-Round Program to Support City College Student Pathways into Computer Science and Tech Fields

October 24, 2023

The CS Starter Academy to serve more than 200 City College students through programs that address barriers and support student journeys into computer science and...

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Wright College Engineering Pathway Named 2023 Example of Excelencia

September 28, 2023

September 28 – Today, Excelencia in Education announced the Wright College Engineering Pathway Program as an Example of Excelencia for its intentional, culturally relevant, evidence-based...

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