AI, Education and Work
AI is already changing the jobs students are preparing for, and educators, families, and employers are working to understand what that means. Join the Success Network and Diffusion Venture Studio on November 16, 12 p.m., for a practical look at how AI is reshaping work and careers.
Illinois Valley Community College Launches Pathways Website, Hosts State Attainment Working Group
Illinois Valley Community College has established a College and Career Pathways website to help high school students, parents, and academic counselors identify dual credit and community college courses aligned with career interests. The website will help advance one of the 2-Year Goals established by the NCI/Starved Rock Leadership Community: “refine and publicize career pathways.” On August 21, […]
Dozens of High School Juniors Become Harper College Students via College Now Program
Zahra Khawari was already planning to earn her bachelor’s degree in three years. Then the 16-year-old student at Fremd High School learned she could do that even faster through the new College Now program. Last year, her high school counselor introduced her to College Now – an innovative collaboration between Township High School District 211, […]
ROE 47 Expands Youth Career Pathways
ROE 47 Awarded $600,000 to Expand Youth Career Pathways ROE 47 is one of 23 organizations awarded funding through the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity’s Job Training and Economic Development (JTED) program. The $600,000 award will support two years of programming focused on youth apprenticeships for students ages 16–18 in Lee, Ogle, and Whiteside […]
Highland Region Connects Students with College and Career Opportunities
While summer is usually a time to slow down, the team has spent the past few months laying the groundwork for a full slate of projects connecting students with college and career opportunities across the region. Here’s what they have been building and what’s coming this fall: Room to Grow and the Highland Pathways to […]
DuPage Region Hosts First Meeting
On September 29, 2026, the DuPage Coalition for Postsecondary Success Leadership Community’s intermediary, the DuPage Area Occupational Education System (DAOES / EFE 90), brought together more than 60 leaders from diverse sectors to review their shared goals and discuss how to continue putting them into action in service of young people. Topics included implementing the […]
Aurora Region Hosts College Boot Camp
On September 25, 2026, the 5th annual Senior College Boot Camp served 280 students from the Aurora leadership community and the broader VALEES and Waubonsee Community College regions. The event provides more intensive support for drafting college essays for admissions and scholarship applications. Students from participating schools can ask a panel of college admissions representatives […]