Amy Morona

Higher Education Reporter at Signal Cleveland

Covering Ohio's colleges for @signalcleveland + @OpenCampusMedia. Big into sneakers, the Bravo cinematic universe, and obsessing over my dog. she/her 🫶🏻

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University of Toledo axing nine majors in response to controversial Ohio higher ed law

1 day ago | opencampus.org | Amy Morona

The University of Toledo will stop offering nine undergraduate majors in response to Senate Bill 1, the controversial higher education overhaul legislation signed into law last month. Africana Studies, Disability Studies, Philosophy, and Women’s and Gender Studies majors will all end, according to an April 21 news release. The university is also cutting Asian Studies, Data Analytics, Middle East Studies, Spanish and religion.
University of Toledo axing nine majors in response to Senate Bill 1

2 days ago | signalcleveland.org | Amy Morona

The University of Toledo will stop offering nine undergraduate majors in response to Senate Bill 1, the controversial higher education overhaul legislation signed into law last month. Africana Studies, Disability Studies, Philosophy, and Women’s and Gender Studies majors will all end, according to an April 21 news release. The university is also cutting Asian Studies, Data Analytics, Middle East Studies, Spanish and religion.
Case Western Reserve could lose millions under federal energy grant changes

3 days ago | opencampus.org | Amy Morona

Cleveland’s Case Western Reserve and research universities like it rely on federal funding to work on cures and solutions to everything from cancer to climate change. That research has been threatened by recent federal cuts, including $400 million the U.S. Department of Energy is axing from its grant funding program. The DOE cuts – announced this week – mean the university could stand to immediately lose $4 million. “When I heard the news, I thought, ‘Oh no, this is going to be bad, too,’” said J.
State Sen. Jerry Cirino warns Ohio’s colleges to get ready for Senate Bill 1

1 week ago | signalcleveland.org | Amy Morona

Ohio Sen. Jerry Cirino delivered a clear message to the state’s colleges and universities: Get ready to implement and enforce Senate Bill 1, the higher education overhaul legislation he authored that’s now law. “We’re not kidding around,” he told the City Club of Cleveland Thursday.
Case Western Reserve could lose millions under DOE grant changes

1 week ago | signalcleveland.org | Amy Morona

Cleveland’s Case Western Reserve and research universities like it rely on federal funding to work on cures and solutions to everything from cancer to climate change. That research has been threatened by recent federal cuts, including $400 million the U.S. Department of Energy is axing from its grant funding program. The DOE cuts – announced this week – mean the university could stand to immediately lose $4 million.
Case Western Reserve becomes latest Ohio university to have international students get visas revoked - Open Campus

1 week ago | opencampus.org | Amy Morona

Four international students at Case Western Reserve University recently had their visas revoked as the Trump administration continues its controversial immigration crackdown. They’re now among the nearly 1,200 students at 180 colleges known to be facing similar fates, according to a tracker compiled by Inside Higher Ed. That list includes nearly 30 students across Ohio, including at Ohio State, Kent State and Bowling Green State universities.
Four Case Western Reserve international students get visas revoked

1 week ago | signalcleveland.org | Amy Morona

Four international students at Case Western Reserve University recently had their visas revoked as the Trump administration continues its controversial immigration crackdown. They’re now among the nearly 1,200 students at 180 colleges known to be facing similar fates, according to a tracker compiled by Inside Higher Ed. That list includes nearly 30 students across Ohio, including at Ohio State, Kent State and Bowling Green State universities.
Ohio House budget could force private colleges to follow rules similar to those in anti-DEI education bill - Open Campus

2 weeks ago | opencampus.org | Amy Morona

Ohio’s private colleges could be forced to make big changes – or risk losing big money. An amendment added to the House budget bill this week would block private colleges and universities from benefitting from a statewide scholarship program unless they agree to enact policies similar to those required of public colleges under a recently passed higher education law.
Ohio House budget could make private colleges follow rules similar to SB 1

2 weeks ago | signalcleveland.org | Amy Morona

Ohio’s private colleges could be forced to make big changes – or risk losing big money. An amendment added to the House budget bill this week would block private colleges and universities from benefitting from a statewide scholarship program unless they agree to enact policies similar to those required of public colleges under a recently passed higher education law.
Ohio’s public colleges get small funding increase in House budget proposal

2 weeks ago | opencampus.org | Amy Morona

Both four-year public universities and community colleges would see a 2% increase in funding under the Ohio House budget proposal. The boost – smaller than the current rate of inflation – would be added to the funding formula known as the State Share of Instruction (SSI). The bulk of taxpayer money that Ohio’s public higher education institutions receive is determined through the formula. Gov. Mike DeWine’s budget proposal keeps the funding formula flat.