University System of Ohio

The University System of Ohio

Type	Public university system
Established	2007
Endowment	$4.65 billion
Chancellor	John Carey[1]
Administrative staff	106,459[2]
Students	509,720[3]
Location	Columbus, Ohio, USA
Website	www.ohiohighered.org

The University System of Ohio is the public university system of the state of Ohio. It is governed by the Ohio Department of Higher Education (formerly known as the Ohio Board of Regents).

The system includes all of Ohio's public institutions of higher education: 14 four-year state universities, 24 branch and regional campuses, 23 two-four community colleges and technical colleges, and one public medical college, as well as Adult Workforce Education (AWE) and Adult Basic and Literacy Education (ABLE) programs. The AWE and ABLE programs were transferred from the Ohio Department of Education to the Ohio Board of Regents on 1 January 2009, to provide a flexible system of higher education that will improve services while reducing costs to students. The total annual enrollment of University System of Ohio institutions is over 509,720 as of fall 2014, ranking as the third largest public university system in the United States.^[4]

History

The University System of Ohio was unified under Governor Ted Strickland in 2007. In 2008, Chancellor Eric Fingerhut proposed creating common academic calendars for all of the system's universities: the goal was to simplify transfer between institutions and allow students to be recruited at the same time for jobs and internships.^[5] After spending more than $26 million starting in 2008, the transition is expected to be completed in time for the August 2012 start of the new academic year.^[5]

Colleges and universities

University main campuses University of Akron — Akron Bowling Green State University — Bowling Green Central State University — Wilberforce University of Cincinnati — Cincinnati Cleveland State University — Cleveland Kent State University — Kent Miami University — Oxford Northeast Ohio Medical University — Rootstown Ohio University — Athens The Ohio State University — Columbus Shawnee State University — Portsmouth University of Toledo — Toledo Wright State University — Dayton Youngstown State University — Youngstown

University regional campuses OSU Agricultural Technical Institute Wayne College Bowling Green - Firelands University of Cincinnati - Clermont College University of Cincinnati - Blue Ash College Kent State — Ashtabula Kent State — East Liverpool Kent State — Geauga Kent State — Salem Kent State — Stark Kent State — Trumbull Kent State — Tuscarawas Miami University Hamilton Miami University Middletown OSU at Lima OSU at Mansfield OSU at Marion OSU at Newark Ohio University - Chillicothe Ohio University — Eastern Ohio University — Lancaster Ohio University — Southern Ohio University — Zanesville Wright State University — Lake Campus

Community colleges and technical colleges

• Belmont Technical College — St. Clairsville and Cadiz
• Central Ohio Technical College — Newark
• Cincinnati State Technical & Community College — Cincinnati
• Clark State Community College — Springfield and Beavercreek
• Columbus State Community College — Columbus
• Cuyahoga Community College — Cleveland
• Eastern Gateway Community College — Steubenville
• Edison Community College — Piqua
• Hocking College — Nelsonville
• James A. Rhodes State College — Lima
• Lakeland Community College — Kirtland
• Lorain County Community College — Elyria
• Marion Technical College — Marion
• North Central State College — Mansfield
• Northwest State Community College — Archbold
• Owens Community College — Toledo and Findlay
• Rio Grande Community College - Rio Grande
• Sinclair Community College — Dayton and Mason
• Southern State Community College — Hillsboro, Fincastle, Wilmington, and Washington Court House
• Stark State College — Canton
• Terra Community College — Fremont
• Washington State Community College — Marietta
• Zane State College of Technology — Zanesville

References

1. "Chancellor John Carey". Retrieved 2013-06-10.
2. "Employees by Appointment Status and Work Category, Fall 2012" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-01-26.
3. "Total Headcount Enrollment by Institution and by Campus, Fall Term 2005 to 2014" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-01-26. line feed character in |title= at position 57 (help)
4. "JCC growth boosts state increase". The Herald-Star. October 30, 2008. Retrieved 2012-04-01.
5. "Colleges spend millions to switch to semesters". Dayton Daily News. March 30, 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-01.

External links

• Home page and Strategic plan for the University System of Ohio