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[UA Fan]

http://www.vindy.com/content/local_regiona...02954726492.php

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[Sergeant Zip]

Isn't that just like all of the Univeristies of Californias, i.e.UCLA, UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara,... See link: www.universityofcalifornia.edu They seem to be able to do it and all of the schools maintain their identities. I don't like the idea of Can't being involved. If it makes tuition decrease, that is all that matters.

[Sergeant Zip]

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Super university unrealistic, YSU president saysPrint StoryEmail to FriendDiscuss this storyThe overall study goal would be to lower costs and increase opportunities. By HAROLD GWIN VINDICATOR EDUCATION WRITER YOUNGSTOWN —The president of Youngstown State University would prefer the state Legislature fund existing collegiate collaborative efforts rather than spend money on studying ways to link five northeastern Ohio universities. Dr. David C. Sweet, addressing the YSU Academic Senate Wednesday, stopped short of openly criticizing a legislative proposal to create a Northeast Ohio University Study Commission that would look at linking YSU, the University of Akron, Can't State University, Cleveland State University and the Northeast Ohio Universities College of Medicine in terms of some level of governance, student resources, administration and programs. The institutions would keep their separate identities but would be linked with a common goal of increasing student opportunities and lowering student costs. The makeup of that commission would include one representative from each university but nine political appointees, including three House and three Senate members, and that could be problematic, Sweet said. A clear mandate and appropriate funding would be welcome, but YSU already has a strong foundation of collaborative efforts with other institutions and less formal collaborative projects involving individual faculty from different universities, Sweet said. It would be better for the state to fund and expand those initiatives than to spend money on a study commission, he said. There are existing opportunities the legislature needs to fund that can increase access and transferability between institutions, he said. There are some backing the study who would like to see a "super university" created for northeast Ohio, but that's not realistic, Sweet said. Discussions on the concept of a new system of higher education in Ohio have been going on for more than a year, and those discussions have intensified since mid-September, he said. The Cleveland State Board of Trustees passed a resolution Oct. 5 asking the general assembly to create a Northeast Ohio Higher Education Council involving Cleveland State, Can't, Akron and YSU to look at program partnering and ways to enhance academic offerings while maintaining their individual identities, Sweet said. The University of Akron trustees endorsed that study proposal on Oct. 20, he said. YSU's Board of Trustees will take up the issue Nov. 17, Sweet said.

[ZipAlumn]

Personally to me it sounds like just another boondoggle. I have never seen a study group with nine political appointees that came up with a way to cut costs and save money.

[Captain Kangaroo]

We could form a "super football program." Play our home games at Browns Stadium. Join the Big 10...ahhhh...I can see it now....

[Balki Bartokomous]

"Eldelman drops back in the shotgun. snaps the ball ... here comes the pressure. Eldelman scrambles to the left, spins around one defender ... fires the ball up field towards Harvey. TOUCHDOWN! North East Ohio Super College Fighting Golden Zippers defeat Southern Ohio Mega College Bobcat Buckeye Hawks 31-30 in a stunner! NEOSC Fighting Golden Zippers are the 2009 MAC-10 champions. They will play in their first bowl game as a super college.

[mcperp]

It won't happen, Cleveland St., Akron and Can't State were looking to merge financial operations last year, and it never took off primarily due to fact that existing systems were not compatible with each other. There is already a fairly significant trend whereby students are taking classes "a la carte", that is, attending multiple colleges at the same time.Don't believe the hype that a super university would be better. In fact, students learn better and are retained in much higher numbers when they feel connected to a university. And students who live on campus are retained at a 15-20% higher rate than commuters. A super university is going in the exact opposite direction. The only ones who would benefit from such a system are the consulting firms who will rake in hundreds of thousands of dollars to "build" a white elephant.

[UA Fan]

It appears to me that CSU is going nowhere fast and therefore wants to leverage the successes and resources of its competitor uni's. I also thought that Proenza had poo-pooed the notion so I was surprised to read that Akron had endorsed the study. I don't think it will bear much fruit though. Athletically, I wouldn't be opposed to having shared teams in the Title-IX casualty sports like mens swimming, wrestling, track/CC, tennis, hockey etc. where the individual schools aren't all fielding their own teams. Now that I think about it, a NEO-regional college hockey team would be way cool...we could play at QLA and kick BG's butt up and down the ice. That we should do