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Ohio leaders focus on ‘selling our state’ to keep, lure the young and educated
A brightening economy and better job prospects may be helping Ohio and the Dayton region stem the loss of young adults, and the much-dreaded brain drain. The state and region have finally seen the end of a decades-long trend of losing young adults, and for the first time, beginning in ...
Leaders sell Ohio to keep the young and educated
A brightening economy and better job prospects may be helping Ohio stem the loss of young adults and the much-dreaded brain drain.The state has finally seen the end of a decades-long trend of losing young adults, and for the first time, beginning in 2010, the area saw gains in its ...
Ohio leaders focus on ‘selling our state’ to keep, lure the young and educated
A brightening economy and better job prospects may be helping Ohio stem the loss of young adults, and the much-dreaded brain drain.The state has finally seen the end of a decades-long trend of losing young adults, and for the first time, beginning in 2010, the area saw gains in its ...
Sinclair to give raises to employees
Sinclair Community College will give pay raises to employees from 1.2 percent to 2 percent pools and give merit increases to some as part of the $125 million operating budget approved by the board of trustees on Tuesday. The college, which has an economic impact of $344 million on the ...
Sinclair has new policy to collect student debt
Sinclair Community College projects it will write off $1.5 million in uncollected debt as a result of students dropping out of school and leaving unpaid tuition and bookstore charges for fiscal 2013.Writing off student debt had been a longstanding and unique practice at Sinclair, adding up to about $6 million ...
UD faculty on trip to Brazil to combat slave labor, sex trafficking
Five University of Dayton faculty members will travel to Brazil on Sunday for a 10-day trip to examine slave labor and sex trafficking and discuss the opportunity for the school to aid in researching ways to combat the problems. Their trip is aimed at helping people see the “real cost” ...
Forum to focus on immigration issues
About five months after leaving Cedarville University, former vice president for student life Carl Ruby has a new full-time job advocating for the Bibles, Badges and Business Network for Immigration Reform. On Monday, Ruby will host his third round-table discussion on immigration in Ohio, with an event from 7 to ...
Kasich says job forecasting needed in Ohio
Ohio Gov. John Kasich said students today “are victims of globalization” and “an uneven economy” and to change that, companies must forecast what jobs will be open so colleges can steer students to those opportunities.Kasich visited the Ohio Board of Regents, the state agency that coordinates public higher education, on ...
Cedarville University names new president
Cedarville University announced this morning that Thomas White from the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, will begin as the university’s 10th president on July 1. The private, Baptist college selected White, who is currently vice president of student services and communication at Southwestern Seminary, to replace Bill ...
Cedarville University names new president
Cedarville University’s newly named president Thomas White said he will work to ensure the school’s graduates are academically prepared for jobs and “understand how to defend their Biblical world view against a culture that may not always be so friendly to that world view.” White, 39, was selected as Cedarville’s ...
Antioch College invests $8M for Wellness Center
Antioch College will invest $8 million to create a Health and Wellness Center complete with fitness equipment, racquetball courts, multi-purpose studios and a regulation-size indoor swimming pool, the college announced.The project, which overhauls the former Curl Gymnasium and refurbishes the indoor basketball courts at East Gym, is being funded by ...
Autopsy confirms UD freshman took his life in 6-story fall
A two-month investigation has concluded University of Dayton freshman Larry D. Cook was under severe stress and had marijuana in his system when he jumped to his death from a six-story dormitory window last month. Montgomery County Coroner Dr. Kent Harshbarger said his office notified Cook’s family on Wednesday that ...
Cedarville University eliminates 29 jobs
Cedarville University laid off 29 non-teaching employees from various departments last week as part of a $4 million budget reallocation to support building maintenance. The employees were notified on May 15, but Cedarville “is not disclosing the names or titles as a way to honor the individuals who were impacted ...
Ohio universities freeze tuition amid concern over college costs
In response to ballooning student loan debt, which now exceeds $1 trillion nationwide, a new trend is emerging this year: universities voluntarily freezing tuition. The presidents of three of Ohio’s largest universities, Ohio State, the University of Cincinnati and the University of Toledo, say students and their families need relief. ...
UD to welcome 1,900 new freshmen this fall
The University of Dayton expects to welcome one of its most selective and geographically diverse classes ever when 1,900 first-year students arrive on campus in August, the school announced Monday.The university accepted about one of every two applicants for its incoming class, which is smaller than last year’s 2,100. The ...
UD prepares to welcome 1,900 freshmen
The University of Dayton expects to welcome one of its most selective and geographically diverse classes ever when 1,900 first-year students arrive on campus in August, UD announced.The university accepted about one of every two applicants for its incoming class, which is smaller following three years of record enrollment, according ...
Sinclair meets with industry leaders on $1.4M investment in UAS
Sinclair Community College representatives met with the region's leaders in unmanned aerial systems Friday to brainstorm how to leverage the school's $1.4 million investment in its training programs. The initial briefing meeting came just three days after the college's Board of Trustees approved the money, which will first pump $550,000 ...
Sinclair to invest $1.4M in drone education
Sinclair Community College will invest $1.4 million in its unmanned aerial systems program as part of an effort to establish the college as a national leader in the field. The college’s Board of Trustees on Tuesday approved the investment aimed at building on Sinclair’s momentum in the industry — which ...
Sinclair limits part-time hours ahead of new Obamacare requirement
Sinclair Community College will cut the hours that can be worked by part-time employees and adjunct professors to avoid a looming change in federal law that could require the college to provide those workers health insurance.Sinclair’s Board of Trustees on Tuesday approved a policy limiting part-time employees to 28 hours ...
UD investing $30M in summer construction
The University of Dayton is investing $10 million in the heart of campus with the summer renovation of its oldest dorm, Founders Hall. Construction of GE Aviation’s new $51 million EPISCENTER on UD’s campus, which will bring new jobs to Dayton, will also wrap this summer and multi-million updates to ...
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