Higher Education · Chicago
City Colleges of Chicago-Olive-Harvey College (also known as Olive-Harvey College) is a public community college in Chicago, Illinois, part of the City Colleges of Chicago system. Established in 1970 from the consolidation of Fenger and Southeast Junior Colleges, it is named after two fallen Vietnam War heroes, PFC Milton Lee Olive III and Carmel Bernon Harvey Jr. The college offers 2-year A.A., A.S., or A.A.S. degrees, career certificates, and free ESL and GED classes. It is institutionally accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC), with the last reaffirmation in 2020 and next comprehensive visit scheduled for fall 2030. Olive-Harvey College is the Center of Excellence in Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics (TDL), offering programs including Aviation Maintenance Technician, Diesel Technology, Cannabis Studies (first Illinois community college to offer an AAS in Applied Cannabis Studies), Criminal Justice, Cybersecurity, CDL training, Barbering, Accounting, and Child Development. The college has a satellite campus, the South Chicago Learning Center. It has approximately 434 total employees (206 full-time, 228 part-time) including 129 instructional faculty (42 full-time, 87 part-time), and a student population of about 3,137 with a student-to-faculty ratio of 26 to 1. The president is Dr. Kimberly Hollingsworth. The main campus is located at 10001 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60628, and the phone number is (773) 291-6100.