Accessibility Statement NEOvations Bench to Bedside event will award top prize of $10,000 to winning team CLEVELAND, March 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Each year, Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED) invites student-led teams from colleges and universities across the country to participate in the…

News and Announcements Image Ohio University has been honored with the School of the Year award at the regional level by the Central Atlantic Affiliate of College and University Residence Halls (CAACURH). This prestigious award recognizes outstanding achievements in residence-hall-based…

Zane State College Grows Awareness for National Plant a Flower Day March 5, 2025 ZANESVILLE, OH – National Plant a Flower Day is just one week away, and what better way to celebrate than by getting your hands dirty? Zane State College invited Mid-East and Coshocton County Career Center students to…

While some students moving to a new city might scout the best restaurants or the closest supermarket, Aryan Balyan looked for a place where he might play chess. The University of Cincinnati engineering student moved to Spain in January to begin his third co-op job. But it didn’t take long to find an…

Iconic Magazine Features Ohio Wesleyan Professor and His 'Lizard League' Eric Gangloff Ohio Wesleyan University professor Eric Gangloff and his students have been published for their research on the biology of the common wall lizard in outlets including the Journal of Thermal Biology, Journal of…

Sophia Lopez-Ramirez has long loved spelling and the English language, leading her to represent the Dayton area in the Scripps National Spelling Bee three times and put on her own spelling bee once she aged out. The 16-year-old Cedarville High School junior plans to share what she’s learned about…

Trump Plans to Shake Up Higher Education Capping ‘indirect funds’ for researchers at 15% is a good start at curtailing the administrative bloat. Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Kim Strassel, Joe Sternberg, Allysia Finley and Dan Henninger. Photo: Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters/Tom…

A draft executive order obtained Thursday by Inside Higher Ed directs the newly confirmed education secretary, Linda McMahon, to “take all necessary steps” to return authority over education to the states and facilitate closure of the Department of Education “to the maximum extent appropriate and…

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Greater Cleveland’s universities have faced enrollment challenges over the past decade, but the issue is far from black and white. It often comes in shades of scarlet and gray — or red and black. Over the last decade, as Ohio State University and (especially) the University of Cincinnati grew their…

Starting on March 1, 2025, a new, three-year partnership between Ohio Northern University and Columbus State Community College will enhance the ability of engineering students to pursue and achieve their educational goals. Under the articulation agreement, students who have completed an Associate of…

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - It’s a prestigious honor for the top-tier research universities. The University of Toledo is now among those schools, receiving a Research 1, or R1 classification. The recognition is from the ‘Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching,’ and was announced in February.…

PIQUA — Edison State Community College is one of 28 Ohio colleges and universities to receive a share of $7.5 million in the latest round of grant funding from the Ohio Department of Higher Education’s Campus Safety Grant program. Edison State’s Department of Public Safety will use its award of…

University Community Image Dean Hannah Nissen Vice Provost Lewatis McNeal has announced the upcoming retirement of Dean Hannah Nissen, effective June 30, 2025. Since assuming the role of Zanesville dean in October 2020, Dean Nissen has been a pivotal figure at OHIO Zanesville and in the local…

Stigma around mental health can lead to people suffering longer and in silence, which is why one nonprofit’s mission is to visit places like Wright State University to address that shame head-on and provide students with free resources. “We all want to help the next generation, so that they can help…

Students and faculty at The Ohio State University showcased work across a variety of disciplines during the College of Education and Human Ecology’s (EHE) annual Research Forum. EHE recently presented the event at the Ohio Union. The forum included presentations throughout the day and a keynote…

According to 2024 general election exit polling, 42 percent of voters with college degrees voted for now-President Donald Trump, compared to 56 percent of those without college degrees. Asked how they feel about this growing education gap in the electorate—what researchers call the diploma divide—25…

“We know these decisions affect real people — our valued colleagues who have dedicated themselves to our students and mission,“ the letter added. ”Each individual has shaped our community through their teaching, mentorship and service. We recognize that avoiding a deficit and strengthening the…

OpenAI has selected Ohio State University to be part of a 15-institution consortium dedicated using artificial intelligence to accelerate breakthroughs in research, healthcare, education and more.

News and Announcements Image Ohio University Chillicothe will host its annual Kids in College summer program from June 2 –13. Kids in College is a summer enrichment program for students interested in the sciences, arts, languages and history. A group of enthusiastic, imaginative instructors,…

Around 200 University of Akron students and faculty joined together Tuesday afternoon to protest a state education bill that they fear will silence their voices. The protest was called "Day of Action Against SB1." The controversial bill has already passed the Ohio Senate and was referred to a House…

Community Mar 5, 2025 Staff reports DIPLOMA ADDITIONS — Steubenville High School seniors Brennan Sutton, left, and Brady DiNovo are among 64 graduates who will earn an associate degrees through the College Credit Plus program when they receive their diploma in May. -- Contributed STEUBENVILLE —…

News Release Interested in teaching elementary or middle school students? What about high school students? Maybe specializing in Career Technical Education or Intervention Specialist? Southern State Community College is now offering concentrations in Teacher Education to support the shortage of…

Ohio State University announced it is closing its DEI office and the University of Cincinnati declared that it has wiped mentions of DEI from its programs. This is the result of not only President Donald Trump’s directives to ban DEI but also a bill progressing through the Ohio state legislature…

The number of college students transferring to a new institution increased by 4.4 percent this year, according to a new report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. The boost builds on last year’s 5.3 percent transfer increase and marks a total 8 percent increase since 2020, when…

Seventeen years ago, the Lumina Foundation set out to try to raise the percentage of working-age U.S. adults with a college credential from 38 percent to 60 percent by 2025. It didn’t reach that goal, though it was only short a few percentage points; today, 55 percent of individuals between the ages…

The Columbus Dispatch cities Huntington Bank economic forecast Cincinnati is the fastest growing region in Ohio, pulling ahead of Columbus in terms of employment levels and posting a higher gross domestic product, according to an economic forecast released by the Columbus-based Huntington Bank. The…

The Youngstown State University Ethics Bowl team tied with Macalester College in the semifinal round of the 2025 APPE Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl National Competition and finished fourth following a tiebreaker in the semifinal round. The Youngstown State team, comprised of Brandon Tabak, a junior in…

TOP NATIONAL STORY Expected federal government cuts to the U.S. Department of Education and a projected budget shortfall for Pell Grants, which are given to low-income students, could have an impact on high education enrollment next school year. The Congressional Budget Office, a nonpartisan…

While the bill was extremely controversial when introduced, the Ohio Senate held no hearings on the bill. House Bill 183, a separate bill that would have accomplished the same goal, had multiple, hours-long hearings with people testifying both in opposition to and in favor of the bill. S.B. 104 went…

By Alyza Harris March 3, 2025 one comment On Feb. 5, U.S. Rep. Dave Joyce (R-OH), in collaboration with Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), introduced the Higher Education Accountability Tax (HEAT) Act, H.R. 1006. By amending the Internal Revenue Code, the bill seeks to hold private colleges and…

The Ohio House of Representatives is currently voting on whether to pass Senate Bill 1 (S.B. 1), which could greatly affect higher education throughout the state. I have spent the past few weeks looking into the possibilities of this bill and what it could mean for college campuses across Ohio. On…

Almost a year after the University of Findlay and Bluffton University publicly shared plans to merge, the deal is off, both institutions announced last week, citing various challenges. The University of Findlay, the larger and financially stronger of the two private, religiously affiliated…

Higher ed leaders have been asking the U.S. Department of Education for more detailed guidance ever since the Office for Civil Rights issued a Dear Colleague letter on Feb. 14 calling for the elimination of race-conscious programming and policies. That guidance finally came Friday night, the…

This story was published by Signal Ohio, which works in partnership with Open Campus on higher-education coverage, and co-published with The Chronicle. As Ohio lawmakers push forward a sweeping reform bill that could reduce the independence of higher-education institutions, the presidents of the…