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Ohio University (Ohio or OU) is a public research university with its main campus in Athens, Ohio. [9] The first university chartered by an Act of Congress [10] and the first to be chartered in Ohio, [11] the university was chartered in 1787 by the Congress of the Confederation and subsequently approved for the territory in 1802 and state in 1804, [12] opening for students in 1809.
The Ohio Board of Regents coordinates and assists with Ohio's institutions of higher education which have recently been reorganized into the University System of Ohio under Governor Strickland. The system averages an annual enrollment of more than 400,000 students, making it one of the five largest state university systems in the U.S.
The Institute produces reports and research that promote a market-based approach to education, including vouchers and charter schools. [18] In 2008, the Buckeye Institute launched a database which includes publicly available information about the salaries of Ohio public school teachers. [19]
Education 1998 Robert Hikida Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine 1997 Alonzo L. Hamby: History 1996 Thomas E. Wagner director of Ohio University's Mammalian Recombinant Genetics Institute, founder and director of the Edison Biotechnology Institute 1993 Wayne Dodd: English 1993 Roger Finlay Physics 1991 Charles C. Alexander History 1989
Average teacher salaries in southwest Ohio's public schools range from about $51,000 to $90,000, depending on the district. Search your district here.
11 of the 14 public universities top the state's enrollment statistics. The remaining three public institutions— Shawnee State University, Central State University and Northeast Ohio Medical University —are relatively small. Case Western Reserve University is the state's largest private university by enrollment, followed by the University ...
In the spring of 1806, the trustees began to train pupils for the college's work. That year, a two-story building was completed by Jehiel Gregory on the College Green. The first three students of Ohio University enrolled in 1809 [ 28] and Ohio University graduated two students with bachelor's degrees in 1815. [ 29]
The University System of Ohio was unified under Governor Ted Strickland in 2007. [3] In 2008, Chancellor Eric Fingerhut proposed creating common academic calendars for all of the system's universities: the goal was to simplify transfer between institutions and allow students to be recruited at the same time for jobs and internships. [4]