WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 2024 |
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Fewer American kids are going to college. Public and private colleges have been dealing with the decline for more than a decade, according to the Pew Research Center. In 2022, 39% of 18- to 24-year-old men who graduated high school were enrolled in college, down from 47% in 2011. In the same period, women’s rate of enrollment fell from 52% to 48%. At Cleveland State University, enrollment has been shrinking by 1.9% each year since 2012. That number will keep dropping. From 2020 to 2035, Cleveland State said the number of high school graduates enrolling in college in Ohio will drop by about 15,000. What does that mean for colleges trying to balance their budgets? Plenty of them are struggling. Cleveland State University will offer $9 million in buyouts to faculty and staff as it tries to reconcile a projected $34 million budget deficit. The announcement Tuesday comes three years after then-President Harlan Sands announced a plan to double the number of students living on campus and increase enrollment to 20,000 students. — Laura |
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Cleveland State University is offering buyouts as it and other colleges and universities deal with both rising costs and declining enrollment. (Lisa DeJong, Plain Dealer file photo) |
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CSU buyouts: Of Cleveland State’s 527 faculty members, 332 would be eligible to apply for a buyout, reports Sean McDonnell. There would also be 391 of 891 non-teaching staff members who are eligible. Sam Randazzo: Former top state utility regulator Sam Randazzo, accused of taking a $4.3 million bribe, was found dead Tuesday, Jake Zuckerman reports. He was found by police unresponsive, hanging by a rope in the rafters of a Columbus property. A coroner’s spokesman said it is a suspected death by suicide but will be confirmed in an autopsy. East Palestine settlement: Norfolk Southern Railways has agreed to a $600 million settlement for the train derailment in East Palestine that spilled toxic chemicals across the city. Adam Ferrise reports the settlement, filed in federal court on Tuesday, would end the claims against Norfolk Southern and railcar companies, including GATX Corp., General American Marks Co., OxyVinyls LP and Trinity Leasing Co. Today in Ohio: President Joe Biden could be kept off Ohio’s November ballot thanks to an obscure deadline in state law. Secretary of State Frank LaRose notified the Ohio Democratic Party last week, though the same issue occurred in 2020. We’re talking about LaRose on Today in Ohio, cleveland.com’s daily half-hour news podcast. |
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Abortion platform: While competing for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination, Bernie Moreno argued for national legislation banning abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy and previously has described himself as “100% pro-life without exceptions.” Jeremy Pelzer reports that a Moreno spokesperson said Tuesday that Moreno’s views are unchanged even as former President Donald Trump said Monday that Republicans should defer to the states when it comes to the issue. Ballot deadline: If President Joe Biden is disqualified from Ohio’s general election this fall because of a technicality, it would be the first time in modern presidential history that a major-party nominee has been excluded from any state’s ballot, reports Jeremy Pelzer. The issue that could trip up Biden – that this year’s Democratic National Convention will be held after a state ballot-access deadline – has repeatedly been flagged in Ohio and nationwide as a potential problem for more than a decade. State of the state: Gov. Mike DeWine is set to deliver his latest State of the State address today, an annual speech that governors typically use to roll out new initiatives and tout their past legislative achievements. Andrew Tobias reports DeWine will speak at 12 p.m. in the House chambers at the Ohio Statehouse. The speech will be viewable on the Ohio Channel or at OhioChannel.org. Pension plan: A pension plan with a large Ohio presence that got $36 billion in American Rescue Plan money to prevent drastic cuts to more than 350,000 union workers and retirees has entered into a civil settlement with the Justice Department to repay almost $127 million it got in relief overpayments. Sabrina Eaton reports that Republican members of Congress were pressing the Central States Pension Fund, which is primarily made up of Teamsters union members and retirees, to repay the extra relief money that was mistakenly sent to bolster pensions of at least 3,479 deceased participants. |
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Eclipse light: Many people saw it during Monday’s total solar eclipse ... some kind of reddish-pink appendage poking out from the bottom of the moon. It looked kind of like an upside-down V. Peter Krouse reports it was a solar prominence, large and bright and extending from the sun’s surface to its outer atmosphere, called the corona. Eclipse glasses: Northeast Ohio may not experience another total solar eclipse for several decades, but Brewnuts donut shop and bar will have a collection bin for used eclipse glasses. Additionally, the Cuyahoga County Public Library is teaming up with the Cuyahoga County Solid Waste District and Astronomers Without Borders to keep solar eclipse glasses out of landfills, reports Alex Darus. Smooth event: Despite dire predictions from state and local officials, the much-anticipated eclipse apocalypse didn’t happen Monday after all, Julie Washington reports. Eclipse-related eye injuries were rare, calls for stockpiling water and food weren’t needed, and traffic flowed smoothly most of the day across the state, officials said. Jesse Owens home: The former home of Jesse Owens and his family has been unanimously approved to become a Cleveland landmark, Megan Sims reports. During a presentation at Friday’s Cleveland Planning Commission meeting, the Cleveland Restoration Society noted that the home at 2178 E. 100th Street was where the Owens family resided during some of the athlete’s most prominent years. Plain Dealer building: New details are emerging around Cuyahoga County’s bid to potentially lease the former Plain Dealer building. Cuyahoga County Council Committee of the Whole members were told Tuesday how the building, if successfully leased, would also be used for Department of Health and Human Services employees, Lucas Daprile reports. Grad rankings: Multiple Ohio universities landed in the top 50 rankings for best graduate programs in various fields, according to the new 2024-25 U.S. News and World Report Best Graduate Programs Rankings released Tuesday. Zachary Smith reports Ohio State University was the big winner in Ohio, tying for the No. 4 best overall business school in the country with the University of Pennsylvania and Vanderbilt University in Tennessee. Lakefront trail: A Cleveland City Council committee on Tuesday signed off on Cuyahoga County’s plans to construct a multi-use path along North Marginal Road between East Ninth and East 55th streets. Courtney Astolfi reports construction is tentatively scheduled to begin in August. Spring daffodils: The most famous stand of daffodils in Northeast Ohio is Daffodil Hill on a north-facing slope of Lakeview Cemetery in Cleveland. This resilience highlights the daffodil’s extreme hardiness in a variety of climates: They aren’t too fussy about the soil, moisture or weather. Deer won’t take so much as a nibble, and while chipmunks and squirrels might relocate them for you, they won’t eat them either, writes Susan Brownstein. Ukraine documentary: The world premiere of a new documentary on Russia’s war with Ukraine this week will be at the Cleveland International Film Festival, just miles away from Parma, where one of the largest Ukrainian populations in the United States resides. Zachary Smith reports the film "Athletes of War" explores the ongoing violence in Ukraine and what it means to its athletes, especially on the cusp of this year’s Olympic games in Paris. |
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Energy prices: FirstEnergy customers that saw price hikes last summer will see price drops this time around because the utility will be buying wholesale power for less. Sean McDonnell reports that FirstEnergy is paying about 27% less for electricity at auction this year, according to the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio. Cholesterol drugs: Thanks to a little help from artificial intelligence, patients who could benefit from cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins may be able to safely take them without a prescription. That’s the conclusion of a study from the Cleveland Clinic presented Monday at a meeting of the American College of Cardiology, Gretchen Cuda Kroen reports. Women’s Summit: It’s a day of positive energy, personal inspiration and professional growth. Hundreds of women gather to network, mentor and discuss furthering their careers and achieving their goals. Join us at cleveland.com’s Women’s Summit May 14. New Meijers: Meijer is opening two supercenters in Northeast Ohio. Marc Bona reports the locations in Alliance and North Canton are scheduled to open May 14. A Meijer Express gas station is set to open April 18, adjacent to the North Canton location. |
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Disbarment: A state panel of attorneys has recommended that a Cleveland lawyer be disbarred after a series of misconduct stemming back to 2019, Cory Shaffer reports. Carolyn Kaye Ranke mismanaged client funds, missed multiple filing deadlines and made several false statements in legal filings, a panel of the Ohio Board of Professional Conduct found in a report issued Friday. Akron shooting: Samaria Rice became angry after learning of the April 1 shooting of Tavion Koonce-Williams, who was wounded in the hand when an Akron officer pulled up, yelled to see Tavion’s hands and quickly fired at him, as the youth had a toy gun in his hand, Molly Walsh reports. Rice believes the incident is similar to the shooting of her son, Tamir Rice, who was 12 when a Cleveland police officer shot him on Nov. 22, 2014, at the Cudell Recreation Center on the city’s West Side. Speeding tickets: Cleveland police officers have handed out far fewer speeding tickets through the first three months of this year compared to the same period last year, reports Olivia Mitchell. The numbers, through March 23, dropped by 27% over the same time in 2023, when officers wrote 1,435 citations. Basketball star: A former Garfield Heights High School and University of Toledo basketball star was sentenced to seven years in federal prison for trafficking guns in Cleveland. Willie E. Jackson, 27, sold 35 guns, including assault rifles, to undercover federal agents during a two-month span, reports Adam Ferrise. School threat: A Lorain County high school was placed on lockdown and a student was criminally charged after he sent a text message to himself that warned of a school shooting, Olivia Mitchell reports. |
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Ask Yadi: What to do if your partner won’t make the bed? Yadi Rodriguez writes that it’s not worth getting upset over. Continue making the bed yourself if that makes you feel better or helps you start your day off on the right foot. Tunnel Tours: The Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument on Public Square is hosting its popular Tunnel Tours from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., April 27-28. Online ticket sales begin at 10 a.m. Thursday on the Monument’s website, reports Paris Wolfe. Titanic exhibit: A traveling exhibition of Titanic artifacts is on display at COSI: The Center for Science and Industry, a museum in Columbus, through Sept. 2, Laura Hancock reports. Visitors can see passengers’ clothes, their luggage, and the dishes they used. They can even smell vials of perfume that explorers plucked from the sea floor. |
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