Ohio should keep discussing college consolidation, Senate Bill 1 author says
Former Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy sparked conversation – and pushback – early in the midterm campaign when he floated the idea of consolidating some of Ohio’s 14 public universities amid declining enrollment as a way to save the state money. The attention lingered, even though Ramaswamy downplayed the plans during the remainder of the…
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