University System of Ohio's Strategic Plan

Parents Forum
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<p>The</a> Strategic Plan for Higher Education 2008-2017:

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If the State of Ohio is to grow and prosper, it must raise the education level of its population. The goal of this 10-year strategic plan is to raise the educational attainment of our state each year, and to close the gap between Ohio and competitor states and nations. To accomplish this goal we must do three things:
[ol][<em>]Graduate more students.
[</em>]Keep more of our graduates in Ohio.
[li]Attract more degree holders from out of state...[/li][/ol]

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<p>Also noteworthy is the state's 'Making</a> Textbooks More Affordable' initiative.</p>

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<p>It’s an interesting plan and a bold plan—a strategic gamble, really. Ohio is betting heavily that public higher education can lead it out of the economic swamp it’s been in. It may be right, and I wish it well, because if its succeeds it will quickly become a national model, with many states rushing to emulate it and sinking billions of dollars into public higher education. If it fails—well, if it fails, Ohio’s economy will continue to founder, but in the meantime universities will be better off, and tens of thousands of young Ohioans will have received better educations for the effort. So what’s to lose, really? It’s not as if someone has a better idea for how to find the way out of the swamp. And this one just might work.</p>

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<p>This is going to make DadII very happy, especially the “cheaper textbook” part (if his DS happens to enroll there)</p>

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<p>Georgia faced the same issues in the early '90s and came up with a brilliant plan. It started a state lottery, the proceeds of which pay tuition and fees for Georgia HS grads with 3.0s or better, who attend in-state public schools. Suddenly, the students who were headed to Duke, Vandy and the Ivies began staying in-state in record numbers, and families of bright kids in bordering states began moving across the state lines so that their kids could graduate from Georgia HSs and begin college as Georgians. Most of the early recipieints of the HOPE Grant are now in their 30s, raising their next generations as Georgians.</p>

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<p>Ohio has been trying desperately for many years to keep their high school graduates in state and mostly they do stay here. The incentives for staying in state are really quite small and its not clear that there is sufficient job market in the various cities to sustain those who do graduate.</p>