What's the deal with college in Chicago?
We're dedicated to covering all facets of higher education — from universities to community colleges and from scientists in research labs to job-seekers getting short-term certificates. We're asking:
How people decide where to go
How they pay for it
Whether the city's colleges are helping the community and economy
How they're living up to their missions
We're all ears
What questions to you have about college? About getting in? About whether it's worth it? Or what to study? We want to help answer those questions with smarter, community-oriented journalism.
Our Reporting Partnership
WBEZ is Chicago’s NPR news station, one of the largest and most respected public media stations in the country. Open Campus is the only nonprofit news organization in the nation dedicated exclusively to higher education.Together, we want to make sure people in Chicago have the information they need about the colleges and universities in their lives.
Lisa Philip covers higher education for WBEZ, in partnership with Open Campus
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