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Meagan Pant graduated from the Ohio State University and covers higher education.
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NCAA tournament basketball games pumped $10.85 million into Dayton
NCAA basketball teams and fans shot a record $10.85 million into the local economy when they filled the University of Dayton Arena for the first rounds of the NCAA Division I men’s tournament. The economic impact was even more than expected, according to estimates from the Dayton/Montgomery County Convention & ...
Ohio universities brace for sequester cuts to research
In his lab at Wright State University, Thomas Brown is moving closer to understanding why some babies are born premature — cutting-edge research that has the potential to save the lives of babies and their mothers. But Brown, who has a five-year, $1.5 million grant from the National Institutes of ...
New Hispanic Christian Academy offers certificate in Spanish
The United Theological Seminary has launched a new online program to train Spanish-speaking immigrants as pastors, church planters, evangelists, missioners and for other ministry roles. The new Hispanic Christian Academy offers a three-year program to serve a previously “unreached population.” The Hispanic lay ministry school launched in February with 22 ...
Gen X and Gen Y falling behind parents’ wealth
For young people today, the American dream of working hard, saving money and becoming richer than their parents may be out of reach, according to a new study. Americans in their mid-30s and younger have accumulated less wealth than their parents did at that age more than 25 years ago ...
Sinclair looks to a greener downtown future
A significant portion of downtown Dayton could get a major face-lift if Sinclair Community College moves forward with its new master plan, which envisions eventually closing Fourth Street to create more green space, establishes a dramatic new “front door” to the grounds and addresses students’ biggest concern: parking. Sinclair spent ...
Families have more tools to evaluate college cost, but transparency still lacking, experts say
Derek Williams has received hundreds of letters from colleges across the country. Now, the high school football quarterback, baseball player and National Honor Society student must select among them a dream school that is actually within reach of his family’s pocketbook. The stakes are high. Four years of paying tuition, ...
Ohio’s college students caught in sequester fight
Thousands of Ohio’s neediest college students could see the federal grants and work-study jobs they are expecting next school year disappear because of automatic cuts, known as sequestration, that Congress did not take action to avoid. The White House estimates that 3,320 fewer students in Ohio will receive the Supplemental ...
Groups push to allow college students to be armed
Joe Smith believes the 9mm handgun he carries is the reason he and his family are alive. Last September, a man threatened to kill Smith, his wife and their toddler in a mall parking lot. The man said he had a gun, so Smith, 24, drew his and immediately his ...
Adults forced to borrow more to attend college
Adults studying at community colleges in Ohio are borrowing nearly $1,000 more to pay for their education since the state effectively ended its need-based financial aid program for students at two-year colleges in 2009, a new study found. Community Research Partners found that the state’s policy making students at two-year ...
Fatal campus fire prompts push for safety
When a fire broke out on New Year’s Day near the University of Cincinnati, students Chad Kohls of Centerville and Ellen Garner of Tipp City were trapped in a third-floor bedroom with no way out except a stairway filled with toxic smoke. Both died days later from smoke inhalation, ending ...
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