Ohio's 10-year Strategic Plan for Higher Education took a major step forward with the announcement that Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C), Cleveland State University, and Kent State University have created a dual admissions program that for the first time will allow University System of Ohio students to select both a community college and a university at the time of admission into a community college.
The Lumina Foundation for Education announced that Ohio has been selected as one of 11 states to receive a grant to further increase productivity in higher education.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is a major funder of a pilot program, which is providing performance-based scholarships to low-income students on University System of Ohio community colleges.
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