Three more City Colleges will develop specialized curricula aimed at more closely linking students with jobs in high-demand industries, the colleges and Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced Monday.
The additional College to Careers programs will include: Information technology at Wilbur Wright College, advanced manufacturing at Richard J. Daley College, and culinary and hospitality at Kennedy-King College, which already runs the Washburne Culinary Institute.
The program, launched by Emanuel in December 2011, links industry experts with City Colleges faculty and staff to develop curriculum.
Corporate partners for the Wright IT program include Motorola Solutions, Google, Comptia and Cisco.
The advanced manufacturing partners at Daley will include Solo Cup, WaterSaver Faucet, Arrow Gear, GC America, Kay Manufacturing, Northstar Aerospace, UPS and Lincoln Electric.
The Culinary and Hospitality program at Kennedy-King will have a range of partners, including
restaurateur Jimmy Bannos, Sr., of Heaven on Seven and the Purple Pig; Hyatt Hotels and Resorts; InterContinental Chicago; Aramark; and the Illinois Restaurant Association.
The three industry areas join three programs announced during the last year. Those are transportation, distribution and logistics (TDL) at Olive-Harvey College, allied healthcare at Malcolm X College and business, professional services and entrepreneurship at Harold Washington College.
To support these programs, Malcolm X College will build a new $250 million campus with Allied Health Academy and Olive-Harvey College will construct a $45 million TDL Center.
