Strickland to appoint chancellor for higher education
Krystle Hively
Issue date: 2/27/07 Section: News
According to an article from the Associated Press, Husted said, "Right now you've got a Board of Regents that doesn't exercise any policy-making authority. We believe if you're going to get a more responsive system, the chancellor needs to be directly accountable to the governor."
On the other side, there are people who don't favor this idea. Judith McLaughlin, an expert on university leadership, said, "It's treating education as if it were a state agency and subjecting it to a political influence. One of the strengths of America's higher education system is its balance of accountability to the government and its intellectual independence."
According to the Vindicator, the Board of Regents sets the budget for each of the universities and has authority on distribution of money for the universities through funding formulas.
By having a chancellor, this could possibly eliminate the Ohio Board of Regents, which means the cabinet will be in charge of improving higher education.
On the other side, there are people who don't favor this idea. Judith McLaughlin, an expert on university leadership, said, "It's treating education as if it were a state agency and subjecting it to a political influence. One of the strengths of America's higher education system is its balance of accountability to the government and its intellectual independence."
According to the Vindicator, the Board of Regents sets the budget for each of the universities and has authority on distribution of money for the universities through funding formulas.
By having a chancellor, this could possibly eliminate the Ohio Board of Regents, which means the cabinet will be in charge of improving higher education.
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posted 6/08/09 @ 12:59 AM EST
Gov. Ted Strickland is trying to assert more power over higher education in Ohio, and he's attempting to do so by taking away one of the Ohio Board of Regents' main functions ? appointing the chancellor. (Continued…)
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posted 6/08/09 @ 1:07 AM EST
Strickland outlined a $1.7 billion jobs stimulus package, Building Ohio Jobs, which will invest in job-creating industries and Ohio workers.
Through issuing bonds, the $1. (Continued…)
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