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

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Cleveland State gets promotional spots, board seat in radio station deal

By Amy Morona, Signal OhioOctober 16, 2025October 16, 2025

Public records show the institutions entered into an eight-year agreement earlier this month.

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Ohio colleges see drop in international student enrollment

By Amy Morona, Signal OhioOctober 9, 2025October 9, 2025

Early data shows Kent State University, the University of Cincinnati and Cleveland State University are each reporting double-digit declines in student enrollment from last fall.

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Case Western Reserve, University of Cincinnati downplay international college student data online

By Amy Morona, Signal OhioOctober 2, 2025October 2, 2025

The changes at two of Ohio’s largest research universities come as colleges continue to face scrutiny from the Trump administration.

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Ohio’s largest community colleges cut programs under Senate Bill 1

By Amy Morona, Signal OhioOctober 1, 2025October 2, 2025

One of the many moves the state’s new higher education law is ushering in is requiring public colleges to cut academic degree and certificate offerings that enroll few students.

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How Ohio State’s new free tuition program could impact other public colleges

By Amy Morona, Signal OhioSeptember 25, 2025September 25, 2025

The state’s flagship university will soon offer free tuition for students from families making less than $100,000 annually at its regional campuses – the same group of students that have long been the bread and butter for regional public universities.

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Case Western Reserve changes campus protest and demonstration rules

By Amy Morona, Signal OhioSeptember 15, 2025September 22, 2025

University officials told Signal Ohio the updates – including loosening size and time restrictions – make it “more flexible” for students to host events.

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Tri-C to cut 30 programs to comply with Senate Bill 1 

By Amy Morona, Signal OhioSeptember 3, 2025September 3, 2025

The new law requires Ohio’s public colleges and universities to kill academic programs that graduate five or fewer students annually over any three-year span.

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The full rollout of Senate Bill 1 on Ohio’s college campuses could take years

By Amy Morona, Signal OhioSeptember 2, 2025September 2, 2025

The new state law hasn’t transformed the state’s campuses. Here’s what students and faculty can expect and when.

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How Ohio student loan borrowers are trying to navigate Trump administration’s repayment program changes

By Amy Morona, Signal OhioAugust 22, 2025August 22, 2025

An estimated 1.8 million borrowers live in Ohio, nearly half of them under age 35. For some, navigating the system is complicated and confusing.

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Say Yes Cleveland splitting scholarship and in-school support operations, job posting for new executive director suggests  

By Amy Morona, Signal OhioAugust 15, 2025August 15, 2025

In the ad for a new leader, the organization, which was founded six years ago to provide scholarships and support services to Cleveland students, describes its operations as having ‘separate but complementary entities.’

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