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The City Colleges of Chicago has always represented hope and opportunity to people in Chicago's working class and immigrant communities. When the district was founded on September 11, 1911, the Progressive Movement led by Jane Addams and John Dewey was demanding access to higher education for the nation's poor. The academic community, led by William Rainey Harper of the University of Chicago, urged creation of a "junior college" modeled on the first two years of a four-year college. When its doors opened, the first City College was clearly a "people's college" -- a name that has defined its mission and operations throughout its near-85 years of history.

The City Colleges of Chicago, a system of seven community colleges, provides learning opportunities for Chicago's diverse populations to enhance their knowledge and skills through quality, comprehensive, and affordable, educational programs and services.

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