City Colleges of Chicago operates a multi-campus educational institution managing 80,000+ annual students across seven colleges and five satellite sites. The tech stack reflects a traditional education-operations footprint: Blackboard and Brightspace for learning management, PeopleSoft for HR and finance, Microsoft 365 for core productivity, and Zoom for remote instruction. Active projects span teaching outcomes, student retention, financial aid, and civic engagement—aligned with a hiring mix weighted toward education roles (128), support functions (57), and healthcare staff (36). The pain-point list reveals operational pressure on student proficiency, enrollment growth, and compliance-heavy regulatory requirements.
Tech Stack 52 technologies
What City Colleges of Chicago Is Building
◆Challenges
- Reducing risk of liability
- Improving student outcomes
- Ensuring compliance with surs regulations
- Student retention
- Increasing enrollment
- Financial literacy
- Improving voter registration
- Improving student proficiency in mathematics
- Reducing barriers to educational access
- Migrating to other cms
▲Active Projects
- Teaching english 96
- Voter registration improvement
- Financial aid events
- Project s.a.f.e.
- Major gifts program development
- Ethics training sessions
- Civic engagement expansion
- Transfer mentorship program
- Evaluation of new sharepoint based initiatives
- Key grants and resource development
Hiring Activity
Department
Seniority
Notable leadership hires: Assistant Director, Head Coach, Security Director, Academic Projects Director, Executive Director
