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Sinclair seeks an annual tuition hike
Area community college students could pay as much as $100 more for annual tuition if Ohio lawmakers agree with the proposed cap on how much the schools can raise instructional and general fees.Sinclair Community College approved a $100 hike on annual tuition for Ohio residents on Tuesday and Clark State ...
Sinclair settles suit over sign
Sinclair Community College has settled a lawsuit that challenged the school’s former policy effectively banning protest signs and distributing leaflets at campus rallies.The lawsuit, filed in part by two students, claimed Sinclair violated the First Amendment rights of protesters when campus police ordered them to put down their signs at ...
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 ...
Central States names new provost
Central State University has selected Charles Ford to fill its second-highest office as provost and vice president for academic affairs beginning July 1.Ford, who comes to Central State from Winston-Salem State University, replaces former provost Juliette Bell, who left July 1, 2012, to become president of the University of Maryland ...
Wright State names new provost
Wright State University has selected its next provost, promoting current dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science and founding executive director of the Wright State Research Institute, Sundaram Narayanan.Narayanan, 48, will assume the role as Wright State’s chief academic and chief operating officer on March 18. He was ...
Central State University officially installs first woman president
Central State University President Cynthia Jackson-Hammond was officially installed as the eighth person and the first woman to lead the historically black school in its 126 years during an inauguration ceremony Thursday. Jackson-Hammond, who has held the university’s top office since July 1, was presented the presidential medallion during the ...
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 ...
CSU to celebrate 126th Charter Day, president’s inauguration
Central State University this week will mark its 126th Charter Day and the inauguration ceremony for its first female president, Cynthia Jackson-Hammond, who was just named one of the nation’s 25 leading women in higher education by Diverse Issues in Higher Education magazine. The historically black university’s celebration begins on ...
CSU to save $1M annually with new energy program
Central State University will reduce its energy consumption by 41 percent under a new project expected to save the school more than $1 million annually in utilities. The university will use $20 million in low-interest and interest-free bonds to upgrade exterior and interior lights, expand the campus boiler system, improve ...
Cedarville University adjust costs to make it more affordable for students
Cedarville University has redesigned its scholarship program to benefit more students, increased its investment in financial aid and planned its lowest tuition increase in school history in an effort to make the school more affordable.Cedarville will hold its tuition increase to 2.8 percent next year, and the Baptist university will ...
WSU students hold forum to air problems with police
Wright State University’s student Committee for the Advancement of Black Unity held their first “Speak Out” Thursday to air students’ concerns that university police and event policies are discriminatory. Students held what they said would be the first in a series of town hall-style sessions and asked the nearly 70 ...
UD encourages week of “random acts of kindness”
“Random acts of kindness” are spreading through the community as everyone from students to Flyer Fans answer the University of Dayton’s call to “be kind.”The university is encouraging random acts of kindness this week as part of its inaugural “I Love UD” month-long social media campaign. After an act — ...
Students, faculty call for leadership overhaul at Wilberforce
About 100 Wilberforce University faculty, staff and students called for the resignation of the school’s president and dissolution of its board of trustees over the “continued negligence, incompetence and mismanagement of university assets” during a protest Tuesday that ended in an adjunct professor being taken into police custody. Students and ...
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 ...
Cedarville students, alumni question university’s direction after 2 leadership changes
The recent retirement of Cedarville University’s president and the abrupt resignation of a top administrator — under a nondisclosure agreement — has some students and alumni from across the country questioning the future direction of the Baptist institution. Students complain Cedarville’s leadership has not been transparent about the departures, and ...
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 ...
Local Catholics say pope’s resignation shows ‘humility’
The decision by Pope Benedict XVI to resign due to his “advanced age” and “deteriorating strength” has been received in the local religious community with admiration and as a sign of his humility.Pope Benedict, 85, will become the first pope to step down in six centuries on Feb. 28. Local ...
Most colleges gain funding in proposed state budget
Three area colleges and universities are among 17 campuses statewide that will lose funding under Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s proposed state budget, which seeks to hold down costs while providing incentives to schools that graduate more students. Locally, Miami University’s regional campus in Middletown will lose 9.6 percent, the historically ...
WSU will save $35.8 million by reducing energy consumption
Wright State University will save $35.8 million over the next 15 years with an extensive plan to reduce campus energy consumption — making more funds available for the university to tackle its growing list of deferred maintenance.The Wright State Board of Trustees will vote on Feb. 15 to approve a ...
Wright State suffers $11M revenue shortfall due to semester conversion
Wright State University is addressing an $11 million revenue shortfall through vacant positions and utility savings — balancing their current budget after enrollment dropped following the school’s transition to a semester academic calendar. WSU is the latest in a list of colleges and universities that have adjusted their budgets after ...
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