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

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Ohio State deactivates LGBTQ+ website 

By Amy Morona, Signal OhioJune 3, 2025June 3, 2025

The state’s flagship university also issued guidance around celebrations such as Pride Month, saying that the university’s official stance is limited to simply recognizing it.

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How Ohio college leaders are bracing for fewer international students this fall

By Amy Morona, Signal OhioMay 28, 2025May 28, 2025

Following immigration changes by the Trump administration, 13% fewer international students are expected to head to the U.S. for graduate school this fall.

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More Clevelanders are completing college – but not at equitable rates

By Amy Morona, Signal OhioMay 23, 2025May 23, 2025

Though about 40% of the city’s residents now have a college degree, local researchers said most of the growth is driven by white people living in West Side neighborhoods.

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Got $5? For Oberlin College students, that might get you a Picasso

By Amy Morona, Signal OhioMay 13, 2025May 13, 2025

Students, employees and community members can rent works by Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol and other artists as part of a decades-long program run by the college’s Allen Art Museum.

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Ohio colleges make big changes ahead of anti-DEI law taking effect this summer

By Amy Morona, Signal OhioMay 8, 2025May 8, 2025

Colleges don’t have to get in compliance until fall of 2026. But many have already taken steps, including shuttering DEI offices.

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‘Uncertainty and confusion’: What Ohio borrowers report feeling about student loan changes

By Amy Morona, Signal OhioApril 30, 2025April 30, 2025

College Now Greater Cleveland is reporting an increase in the number of adults seeking guidance on loan debt. Signal wants to hear from borrowers.

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Ohio colleges report changes in international student visa status as Trump administration reverses course

By Amy Morona, Signal OhioApril 25, 2025April 25, 2025

It’s unclear how many of the estimated 60 impacted international students in Ohio are immediately affected by Friday’s reversal decision.

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University of Toledo axing nine majors in response to controversial Ohio higher ed law

By Amy Morona, Signal OhioApril 23, 2025April 23, 2025

Officials said they’re phasing out several academic programs, including religious studies and women’s and gender studies, due to the language included in Senate Bill 1.

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Case Western Reserve could lose millions under federal energy grant changes

By Amy Morona, Signal OhioApril 17, 2025April 21, 2025

University officials said the Department of Energy’s decision to limit money for research overhead will cost the school at least $4 million.

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‘This law will not be ignored’: State Sen. Jerry Cirino warns Ohio’s colleges to get ready for Senate Bill 1 

By Amy Morona, Signal OhioApril 17, 2025April 21, 2025

About 50 protestors lined up outside the City Club of Cleveland ahead of the address by the Kirtland Republican, who authored the higher education legislation that’s now law.

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