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Report on the Condition of
Higher Education

The Ohio Board of Regents released its March 31, 2008, Report on the Condition of Higher Education in Ohio: Meeting the State's Future Needs. As Ohio faces the challenges of preparing a workforce ready to compete in a global world, we welcome your feedback on the report.

To download a copy of the report and to access the online comment form click here.

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Documenting Student Success within the Ohio College Portrait Conference

"Documenting Student Success within the Ohio College Portrait,” is a statewide conference for higher education faculty and administrators, sponsored by the Planning Committee on Higher Learning Accountability and Productivity of the Ohio Board of Regents. It will be held at the Fawcett Center for Tomorrow at The Ohio State University in Columbus on Thursday, June 19.

At the “Documenting Student Success” conference, key members of Ohio's colleges and universities will review progress to date and establish statewide collaborations and networks to further this work. A major feature of the conference will be two sets of panel discussions, examining tangible examples of how Ohio colleges and universities document student success.

Chancellor Delivers 10-Year Plan for Higher Education to Governor Strickland, General Assembly

Strategic Plan CoverChancellor Eric D. Fingerhut presented a 10-year strategic plan for higher education to Governor Ted Strickland and the Ohio General Assembly that details strategies to meet the governor's goal of enrolling 230,000 more students while keeping more graduates in Ohio and attracting more talent to the state.

The plan promises to raise the overall educational attainment of the state of Ohio.

"This report builds upon the principles I put forth last year in creating the University System of Ohio," Strickland said. "This 10-year plan for Ohio's institutions of higher education will ensure not only that we dramatically expand educational opportunities for Ohioans but that we do so in a way that makes our state a world-class economic competitor."

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Strategic Plan

Condition Report

Updates for the Choose Ohio First Scholarship Awards

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A Higher Purpose: Columbus State Partnership with OU Among Steps to Increase Degrees for Ohioans
The Columbus Dispatch

The new University System of Ohio already is showing promise. Colleges are forming innovative partnerships that will work to graduate Ohioans in greater numbers -- just what the state needs to get back on track, with new employers and new industries attracted to an educated populace.
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Read Chancellor’s Statement on Governor’s State of the State Address
February 6, 2008

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Branches in bloom
Students respond as OSU regional campuses
move out of the background
The Columbus Dispatch

Ohio needs more college graduates to compete economically.

But getting onto Ohio State University's main campus is tougher every year as school officials raise admission standards. So the university expects to attract more students to its five regional campuses.

In the fall, nearly 7,800 students were taking classes at Lima, Mansfield, Marion, Newark and Wooster, where any Ohioan with a high-school diploma can get in. Tuition costs about $1,000 less per quarter at the regional campuses than in Columbus.

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