This sixth annual "Performance Report for Ohio's Colleges and Universities" uses a rich variety of data and data sources to describe higher education in Ohio from students' academic preparation to learning environments, student progress, degree achievement, and licensure and employment outcomes. In addition, the report provides a wealth of…

In November 1999, Governor Bob Taft requested that the Board of Regents annually produce a performance report for Ohio's state-supported colleges and universities. This year's report has been redesigned to improve its readability. This document is a small sampling of the 2003 Performance Report. This issue demonstrates the kind of useful…

This brief will look at the reasons the state should continue to invest in research. In addition, the paper will provide information about how funding is used for a typical laboratory, and it will highlight a few of the exciting research projects currently being carried out at Ohio's universities. There are three primary reasons why the state…

Is Ohio losing its best and brightest minds to other states? Is the state investing hundreds of millions of dollars in public higher education every year only to see graduates move out of state upon graduating in search of greener pastures? The Governor's Commission on Higher Education and the Economy (CHEE) commissioned a report about this issue…