Adult and Community Education

Community Affairs

If you seek engagement in the civic life of your community, the Office of Community Affairs sponsors several voluntary leadership programs of note, including the Student Activists Conference ("Critical Engagement"), Men in Service, and Investments in Diversity.  The Division's Civic Knowledge Project also provides paid and volunteer opportunities in a range of educational programs.

Graham School of General Studies

The University's Graham School of General Studies offers a wide array of credit and non-credit courses for enrichment and professional development. Advanced graduate students should contact the Graham School directly for information about teaching opportunities.

Mentoring Programs

The Chicago Multicultural Connection and LGBTQ Mentoring Program offer graduate students a critical role in sharing their personal and professional experiences with an undergraduate in the College.

Neighborhood Schools Program

The Neighborhood Schools Program hires University of Chicago undergraduate and graduate students to assist grammar and high school teachers in over fifty parochial, private, and public schools surrounding the University of Chicago. Students may be asked to tutor students, help prepare lessons, grade papers, or lead discussions under the teacher's supervision.

Newberry Library

The Newberry Library Seminars are a stimulating series of adult, non-credit classes that encourage conversation on subjects in the humanities and the on-going use of the Newberry's vast resources. Instructors, many of whom are graduate students at area universities, teach what they love, and participants study exactly those subjects in literature, music, history, philosophy, and creative writing which most interest them.