U.S. News & World Report ranks 11 Kent State University programs among the best in the nation in its recently released 2023-2024 Best Graduate Schools rankings. Topping off its newest recognitions, Kent State ranks No. 19 on the Best Rehabilitation Counseling Programs list, making it the highest-ranked institution – public or private – in Ohio. Kent State moves up one spot from its 2020 ranking. Learn more about Rehabilitation Counseling at Kent State offered by the College of Education, Health and Human Services. In addition, two programs ranked in the top 100 in their fields. ...

Mark Ledoux's work at Kent State University has made a difference with a lot of students. Make that, a lot of students. In his current role as director, Enrollment Research Analytics, Ledoux supports the Division of Enrollment Management through research and critical analysis of the university’s new student enrollment trends. Overall, he has worked in Admissions for more than 27 years, including as the director of recruitment, where he helped literally thousands of students over the years. "My job was really to facilitate the enrollment process and to have all the information they nee...

For Communication Studies major Angela Gerstner, ’24, enrolling in the course Global Communication gave her the opportunity to share the history of Indigenous people and the land they used to call home. Taught by Associate Professor Stephanie Danes Smith, the course focuses on human rights and human dignity. Throughout the semester, students worked toward completing a cultural genocide project that involved researching a specific population that was or is subjected to cultural genocide and implementing a creative awareness event to educate peers. Cultural genocide is defined as the attem...