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  2. Shimer Great Books School - Wikipedia

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    Shimer Great Books School (pronounced / ˈʃaɪmər / ⓘ SHY-mər) is a Great Books college that is part of North Central College in Naperville, Illinois. Prior to 2017, Shimer was an independent, accredited college on the south side of Chicago, originally founded in 1853. Originally founded as the Mount Carroll Seminary in Mount Carroll ...

  3. Knox College (Illinois) - Wikipedia

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    Knox College was founded as Knox Manual Labor College by Presbyterians and Congregationalists from New York state organized by George Washington Gale, who previously had founded the Oneida Institute. Gale in 1836 released a "Circular and Plan" for the founding of a manual labor colleges which described a subscriber- and land purchase-based ...

  4. College of Lake County - Wikipedia

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    College of Lake County. /  42.35444°N 88.01306°W  / 42.35444; -88.01306. The College of Lake County, commonly referred to as CLC, is a public community college in Lake County, Illinois. CLC's primary campus is located in Grayslake and two other campuses exist in nearby Waukegan and Vernon Hills. It is located in the greater Chicago ...

  5. Northern Illinois University - Wikipedia

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    Northern Illinois University ( NIU) is a public research university in DeKalb, Illinois. It was founded as Northern Illinois State Normal School in 1895 by Illinois Governor John P. Altgeld, initially to provide the state with college-educated teachers. In addition to the main campus in DeKalb, it has satellite centers in Chicago, Naperville ...

  6. Associated Colleges of the Midwest - Wikipedia

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    Associated Colleges of the Midwest. Associated Colleges of the Midwest ( ACM) is a consortium of 14 private liberal arts colleges, primarily in the Midwestern United States. The 14 colleges are located in five states: Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. The ACM was established in 1958 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

  7. Harper College - Wikipedia

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    Harper College's Performing Arts Center The Avanté Center. Harper College has a 200-acre (80.9 ha) campus, approximately 25 miles (40 km) northwest of downtown Chicago, in the suburb of Palatine, Illinois. Harper also offers classes and services at other locations: Harper College Learning and Career Center in Prospect Heights, Illinois

  8. Naperville North High School - Wikipedia

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    Naperville North is fully recognized by the Illinois State Board of Education and is a member of the Illinois Association for College Admission Counseling. History [ edit ] The building was constructed in 1970 comprising 152,347 square feet (14,000 m²).

  9. Argonne National Laboratory - Wikipedia

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    www.anl.gov. Argonne National Laboratory is a federally funded research and development center in Lemont, Illinois, United States. Founded in 1946, the laboratory is owned by the United States Department of Energy and administered by UChicago Argonne LLC of the University of Chicago. [2] [3] The facility is the largest national laboratory in ...