Ohio’s high school students are enrolling in college classes more now than ever before – but not all of the state’s students are taking part.
Amy Morona
Signal Ohio
Higher education reporter for Signal Cleveland in partnership with Open Campus.
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As enrollments fall, rural-serving universities are shedding degree programs from music to chemistry.
Colleges say they aren’t aware of issues raised by Ohio bathroom bill
State lawmakers recently passed a bill requiring people at public education institutions to use bathrooms that match the gender they were assigned at birth. Several local colleges are reluctant to comment on it.
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Some Northeast Ohio residents love to rattle off a few reasons why they love their region: A lower-than-average cost of living, friendly people, plenty of access to nature. Local leaders want to better tap into that pride to sell the area, especially to recent college graduates they hope will turn into permanent residents and boost the workforce. It’s why […]
Far more white Ohio high school students are taking college courses than their Black peers
The population of students taking these classes – a practice known as dual enrollment – has taken off in Ohio, but an equity gap remains.
How one Michigan university is relying on Ohio students for part of its survival
Eastern Michigan University is one of several border-state institutions wooing students across states. Should Ohio colleges be worried?
Ohio State president wants the university to offer a “pathway for every single student” in the state by 2035
Ted Carter previewed some of the big themes for his upcoming investiture at the City Club of Cleveland Friday.
How Ohio’s colleges are helping students navigate voting in the 2024 presidential election
Nonpartisan efforts are managing new photo ID laws, upcoming registration deadlines and misinformation.
Ohio colleges – including Kent State – are stepping up national recruitment to fill their classrooms
Kent State University’s main campus sits on nearly 1,000 acres, enrolls about 25,530 students and employs nearly 4,400 full-time workers. But despite the robust footprint in Northeast Ohio, the school is looking to go beyond state lines to help secure its future. To do that, the university is currently hiring for its first permanent director of […]
What a partnership between Ursuline College and Gannon University could mean for the future of Ohio’s colleges
Working together across state lines poses many challenges but also offers lessons worth noting, one higher education expert tells Signal Cleveland.