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Amy Morona covers higher education. Email her at amy@signalcleveland.org

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Northeast Ohio colleges host clinics to vaccinate students before summer

By Amy Morona, Signal OhioApril 11, 2021April 12, 2021

After institutions nationwide saw enrollment drops amid the pivot to remote or hybrid learning, vaccines could offer campus communities a return toward pre-pandemic life.

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Colleges in Ohio introduce new incentives ahead of fall 2021

By Amy Morona, Signal OhioMarch 29, 2021March 29, 2021

Tuition waivers, raffles, and laptops for applicants are among the ways campuses are trying to lure students.

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Pandemic-related enrollment drops are steep for Black men

By Amy Morona, Signal OhioMarch 22, 2021December 15, 2021

At Cleveland’s Cuyahoga Community College, the decline was particularly severe. There, Black male enrollment fell by 33 percent.

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Northeast Ohio colleges hope for a return to ‘normal’ for fall semester

By Amy Morona, Signal OhioMarch 15, 2021March 15, 2021

The early plans vary, but they center on boosting the amount of on-campus interactions.

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John Carroll University board, faculty square off over tenure protections

By Amy Morona, Signal OhioMarch 4, 2021March 5, 2021

Tensions are rising over recent changes to the faculty handbook.

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How higher education is failing Black Americans in the Midwest

By Amy Morona, Signal OhioFebruary 22, 2021February 25, 2021

Black Americans in Chicago, Cleveland and Detroit, as well as the nation, remain underrepresented at our best colleges and overrepresented at some of our worst.

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Pandemic uproots higher education’s academic calendar

By Amy Morona, Signal OhioFebruary 22, 2021February 22, 2021

Colleges in Northeast Ohio are experimenting with when and how long they offer sessions of courses. The new flexibility could help students post-pandemic, too.

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College career services look different for Cleveland State during pandemic

By Amy Morona, Signal OhioFebruary 7, 2021February 9, 2021

Job postings for people with bachelor’s degrees fell 40% last spring. Here’s how one university is trying to help its students.

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The latest federal relief package sends more money to Northeast Ohio’s community colleges

By Amy Morona, Signal OhioJanuary 25, 2021January 25, 2021

This aid comes as campuses’ enrollments are declining and students are struggling economically.

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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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