Free Colleges Classes for Chicago Low-incomers

The Illinois Humanities Council (IHC) is accepting applications for The Odyssey Project, a free, eight-month college humanities course for adults living on low incomes. Classes will begin in mid-September at George T. Donoghue School on the south side of Chicago and at the Howard Area Community Center in Rogers Park on the north side of Chicago.

The Odyssey Project requires that applicants be at least 18 years old, live in a household with income at or below 150% of the Federal poverty level, and be able to read a newspaper in English. Tuition, books, on-site baby-sitting, and bus cards are free. Bard College grants a certificate of achievement to any student who completes the course and awards six transferable college credit hours to those who complete it at a high level of achievement. The deadline for submission of applications is August 1, 2008.

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