Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel will replace most of the City Colleges of Chicago trustees, while retaining the system's chancellor and board chair.
Emanuel says he's behind chancellor Cheryl Hyman's plan to boost terrible graduation rates.
The colleges were beset by personnel problems, budget trouble and other fiscal difficulties under previous leader Wayne Watson. Read more...
Mayor Richard M. Daley talked up a new technology sector job-training program today, distinctive in both the job seekers it targets and how it’s funded.
Speaking at the downtown law office of Mayer Brown, Daley unveiled a plan to train 175 laid off employees at Chicago Career Tech, a public-private partnership that includes area businesses and philanthropic group such as Northern Trust Bank and the Joyce Foundation.
Chicago Career Tech is strictly for “middle class workers” – those who earned $25,000-$75,000 annually in a past job and were recently on state unemployment benefits. Read more...
