Statehouse leaders want to change a scholarship program that would require private schools to enact new rules or lose out on state money.
Amy Morona
Signal Ohio
Higher education reporter for Signal Cleveland in partnership with Open Campus.
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Ohio’s public colleges get small funding increase in House budget proposal
The proposal adds 2% to the state’s college funding formula and makes four-year institutions eligible for additional money if they meet certain performance standards.
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Money to save Cleveland State’s wrestling program in Ohio House budget proposal
Tucked into the Ohio House Republican budget proposal is $1.6 million over two years for Cleveland State University’s wrestling program, which school officials recently said would end this year.
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Here are the changes Ohio’s public colleges will need to make if Senate Bill 1 becomes law
Senate Bill 1 would force colleges to post class syllabi and add a lengthy list of required readings — including the Declaration of Independence and at least five essays from the Federalist Papers — to a new mandatory civics course.
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Higher ed bill eliminating DEI programs passes Ohio House
It won’t head to Gov. Mike DeWine until the state Senate signs off on the minor changes, which it is expected to do. Critics say it reduces the independence of state universities and colleges.
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Cleveland State could see increased spending, program cuts if controversial higher ed bill becomes law
Ohio’s public universities are already considering how to implement changes that would be triggered by the controversial higher education reform bill lawmakers are expected to pass this week.
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University presidents ‘very excited’ about parts of controversial Ohio higher ed bill, says Republican lawmaker behind it
Though university presidents remain largely silent in public, Ohio State University said it has ‘concerns’ over State Sen. Jerry Cirino’s Senate Bill 1.
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As Ohio Republicans reshape higher ed, university presidents stay quiet
More than 200 students and faculty members spoke out against the legislation in testimony at the Statehouse last month. Not a single university president joined them.
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Ohio’s ‘bathroom bill’ law goes into effect
Colleges, K-12 schools, and other education institutions across Ohio will require people to use bathrooms that match the gender they were assigned at birth when a new state law takes effect.
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How one of Ohio’s largest research universities is navigating Trump’s potential cuts
“[It’s] as if there’s a storm brewing and you just don’t know how bad it’s going to be,” said Case Western Reserve University’s head of research.