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Fingerhut talks Strategic Plan
Josh Martin
Issue date: 7/7/08 Section: News
To attract outside funds, the chancellor proposes bringing in research grants and corporate investments by focusing more education on STEMM fields. To increase the preparedness of Ohioans for college and to raise their degree attainment, the plan calls for an increase in accessibility and affordability from Ohio's institutions of higher education.
The plan strives to do this by encouraging technology transfer between academic institutions in order to cheaply and quickly spread programs and courses, standardizing Ohio's community colleges' curriculums to have all offer both associate of science and associate of arts degrees, increasing credit transfer between institutions and by allowing for dual admission to community colleges and universities to make the first two years of college more affordable.
The introduction of a "single integrated technology infrastructure" connecting universities and community colleges is another aspect of the plan, allowing students to view information regarding courses from around Ohio, to act as a common medium for college application and course registration and to transfer K-12 transcripts more easily.
Fingerhut's plan seeks ultimately to make both the present and future Ohio workforces more flexible in today's increasingly technical and globalized economy.
A similar program was introduced in North Dakota in 2003, according to a June 22 article in the Toledo Blade, and was funded $40 million. It has to date attracted around 100 businesses into partnerships with North Dakota universities and colleges and has thus far created about 1,000 jobs with another 2,500 expected to be created through already existing projects.
In calling for an economic rejuvenation of Ohio, Fingerhut is calling for a further focus on those academic disciplines of interest to corporate investors such as the sciences and medicine.
The chancellor denies the concerns that this focus will be of disadvantage to the humanities, fine arts and the social sciences.
The plan strives to do this by encouraging technology transfer between academic institutions in order to cheaply and quickly spread programs and courses, standardizing Ohio's community colleges' curriculums to have all offer both associate of science and associate of arts degrees, increasing credit transfer between institutions and by allowing for dual admission to community colleges and universities to make the first two years of college more affordable.
The introduction of a "single integrated technology infrastructure" connecting universities and community colleges is another aspect of the plan, allowing students to view information regarding courses from around Ohio, to act as a common medium for college application and course registration and to transfer K-12 transcripts more easily.
Fingerhut's plan seeks ultimately to make both the present and future Ohio workforces more flexible in today's increasingly technical and globalized economy.
A similar program was introduced in North Dakota in 2003, according to a June 22 article in the Toledo Blade, and was funded $40 million. It has to date attracted around 100 businesses into partnerships with North Dakota universities and colleges and has thus far created about 1,000 jobs with another 2,500 expected to be created through already existing projects.
In calling for an economic rejuvenation of Ohio, Fingerhut is calling for a further focus on those academic disciplines of interest to corporate investors such as the sciences and medicine.
The chancellor denies the concerns that this focus will be of disadvantage to the humanities, fine arts and the social sciences.
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