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Remedial classes are rarely viewed as a choice assignment by professors. Let alone for someone like Carlo Matos, a published playwright with a doctoral degree. But he says the courses offer him an opportunity to connect with struggling students.
Controversial WYCC videos produced for Emil Jones and others show gushing tributes to the Senate president as well as City Colleges Chancellor Wayne Watson.
The recession is helping boost enrollment by 17 percent at three City College campuses. Almost 25,000 students are now enrolled at the City Colleges of Chicago.