ECC selected to participate in national Achieving the Dream initiative

Elgin Community College (ECC) is one of five Illinois institutions selected to participate in the national expansion of Achieving the Dream: Community Colleges Count.

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Elgin Community College (ECC) is one of five Illinois institutions selected to participate in the national expansion of Achieving the Dream: Community Colleges Count. Achieving the Dream is a long-term national initiative that collaborates with community colleges to help more students earn degrees, complete certificates, or transfer to four-year institutions to continue their studies. ECC joins Harper College in Palatine, Triton College in River Grove, Morton College in Cicero and Danville Area Community College in Danville as the first Illinois institutions participating in this initiative. ECC also is one of 20 new community colleges in seven states to join Achieving the Dream. Since its inception in 2004, the initiative has grown to include 98 colleges and four universities in 22 states. Core to Achieving the Dream’s success is helping community colleges and universities create a culture of evidence in which data and inquiry drive broad-…… Read More

Elgin Community College student becomes top state scholar

USA Today named Elgin Community College (ECC) student Andrea Andrada as a member of the First Team of the All-USA Community College Academic Team during the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) convention in Phoenix, Ariz. on Monday, April 6. Andrada, of Elgin, is among 20 community college students nationwide named to the First Team and is the only First Team…… Read More

ECC culinary alum appears on FOX TV's "Hell's Kitchen"

Elgin Community College (ECC) alumnus Wil Kocol takes the heat as the newest batch of contestants get cooking on the FOX network’s popular ”Hell’s Kitchen” program beginning at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 29. “Hell’s Kitchen” is an unscripted series that pairs aspiring chefs with world-renown chef and restaurateur Gordon Ramsay. Chef Ramsay, well-known for his culinary passion and short temper, puts…… Read More

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About Elgin Community College

Elgin Community College (ECC) is a comprehensive public community college, one of 48 statewide. ECC serves approximately 10,000 students per semester in credit classes while some 11,000 more rely on the college for non-credit classes and activities each year. Programs of study include university transfer, more than 155 career-oriented, occupational degrees and certificates, corporate and continuing education and a full complement of pre-collegiate courses. The average class size is less than 20, making one-to-one student/teacher relationships commonplace.