As part of the House Bill 699, which was passed during the last days of Ohio’s 126th General Assembly, The Northeast Ohio Universities Collaboration and Innovation Study Commission was established.
The goal of the Commission's recommendations shall be to promote greater access and affordability for students and an overall improved quality of higher education in Northeast Ohio.
As outlined in the legislation, the Study Commission “shall develop a plan and may make legislative or other logistical recommendations for the following, with respect to the University of Akron, Cleveland State University, Kent State University, the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, and Youngstown State University.”
- Strategic and purposeful collaboration among the institutions;
- Partnering among the institutions of both undergraduate and graduate academic programs;
- Sharing of at least some governance mechanisms, particularly as they relate to common basic functions, among the institutions;
- Development of a coordinated approach to the academic and administrative roles
of public higher education in Northeast Ohio, while maintaining the separate identities of the institutions.
The Commission is to submit its plan and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly not later than December 2007.
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