Board Decides to Close City-Wide College

The Chicago City Colleges board voted Thursday to close itsCity-Wide College, which runs an array of non-traditional academicand vocational programs at sites throughout the city.

The board said most functions of the college would be taken overby Harold Washington College at Wabash and Lake.

City-Wide was accredited as a separate college in 1976, takingunder its umbrella many programs then offered by Washington College,then known as Loop College.

Board Chairman Ronald Gidwitz said the closing will becomplicated because of procedural notices to licensing andaccrediting agencies, labor negotiations and difficulty in shiftingadministrative responsibility for …