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Amy Morona

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Higher education reporter for Signal Cleveland in partnership with Open Campus.

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Ashland University’s prison program at the center of national controversy

By Amy Morona, Signal OhioJanuary 18, 2021December 10, 2021

A majority of the university’s students now come from prisons. Some say it’s substandard education.

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Northeast Ohio advocates applaud move to simplify FAFSA

By Amy Morona, Signal OhioJanuary 10, 2021January 11, 2021

Tucked into the latest lengthy congressional relief package is language that will simplify financial aid.

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Ohio college leaders look to lessons of the fall to navigate the spring

By Amy Morona, Signal OhioDecember 21, 2020December 21, 2020

Frequent testing makes a difference. Students need mental breaks — and more support of many kinds.

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Ohio’s colleges navigate limited amounts of coronavirus-related relief

By Amy Morona, Signal OhioDecember 14, 2020December 14, 2020

Campuses are stretching the federal dollars they got back in the early days of the pandemic as the virus and its impact rages on.

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Drops in international students threaten a lucrative income stream for Ohio colleges

By Amy Morona, Signal OhioNovember 30, 2020November 30, 2020

International students contributed an estimated $1.2 billion to Ohio’s economy and supported more than 12,600 jobs in 2019.

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Ohio colleges and universities receive $13.5 million to offer more mental health support for students

By Amy Morona, Signal OhioNovember 23, 2020November 23, 2020

One of five students nationally reports that pandemic makes them feel constantly anxious.

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In Northeast Ohio, Private Colleges Eye Growing Graduate Programs

By Amy Morona, Signal OhioNovember 16, 2020November 16, 2020

While undergraduate enrollments fell this fall, graduate programs are seeing a slight increase.

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Early Figures Show Drop in FAFSA Completion Rates in Ohio, Nationwide

By Amy Morona, Signal OhioNovember 8, 2020November 9, 2020

The drop comes as enrollment at colleges and universities nationwide and in the region have taken a hit this year, especially for Black students and first-time students

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Northeast Ohio Private Colleges’ Challenges Go Beyond Pandemic

By Amy Morona, Signal OhioNovember 2, 2020November 2, 2020

The pandemic has laid bare challenges that tuition-dependent private colleges already were facing, forcing many to think about new income streams and cost-cutting measures as they navigate the future.

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Pandemic Upends Voter Engagement Playbook for College Students

By Amy Morona, Signal OhioOctober 26, 2020October 26, 2020

Gone are time-honored benchmarks such as politically minded speakers dropping in to talk with enthusiastic students, or groups posting up at tables in an attempt to catch people hustling by in busy student unions.

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