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Doctoral Student Receives Grant-in-Aid Award!

  Congratulations to Karen Wetzel, a doctoral student in the Department of Psychological Sciences at Kent State, who received a Grant-in-Aid Award from the Society for Psychological Study of Social Issues! This award will help to support Karen’s dissertation research. ...

Scholarships and Philanthropy

  1. Can university scholarships include DEI in any manner?
    1. Answer: New institutional scholarships that use DEI criteria are not permitted, and current scholarships must eliminate these criteria.  
  2. Can donor-funded scholarships with DEI criteria continue? 
    1. Answer: Existing donor-funded scholarships may continue, but the institution cannot accept new funds with DEI requirements. 
  3. Can donors give money to current funds with DEI-related uses or crite

International Relations

  1. What restrictions are placed on partnerships with Chinese institutions?
    1. Answer: Restrictions on partnerships with Chinese institutions.
  2. What new reporting requirements are there for Chinese academic partnerships?
    1. Answer: New reporting requirements for Chinese academic partnerships.
  3. What is the new policy on gifts from the Chinese government or its agents?
    1. Answer: Ban on gifts from Chinese government or its agents.

Financial/Research Impact

  1. What is the potential consequence for the university if it fails to comply with DEI prohibitions?
    1. Answer: Potential withholding of state funding if university fails to comply with DEI prohibitions and/or intellectual diversity requirements.
  2. What new reporting requirement is introduced for financial operations?
    1. Answer: New five-year rolling cost summary reporting requirement.

Board of Trustees

  1. What is the new term length for Board of Trustees members?
    1. Answer: Terms set at six years (down from nine).
  2. What are the new annual training requirements for the Board of Trustees?
    1. Answer: Annual training requirements (17 mandatory topics).
  3. What policies must the Board of Trustees adopt?
    1. Answer: Must adopt policies on faculty workload, evaluation, post-tenure review, tenure and retrenchment.
  4. What must th

Administrators & Staff

  1. What must administrators and staff implement regarding DEI programs?
    1. Answer: Must implement prohibitions on DEI programs, offices and initiatives.
  2. What new policies must administrators and staff create and enforce?
    1. Answer: Required to create and enforce intellectual diversity policies.
  3. Can administrators create new DEI offices or use DEI criteria in job descriptions?
    1. Answer: Cannot create new DEI offices or use DEI criteria in jo

Faculty

  1. What is the new policy regarding faculty strikes?
    1. Answer: No longer permitted to strike (full-time faculty).
  2. How has collective bargaining changed for faculty?
    1. Answer: Changes to collective bargaining: specified topics removed from negotiation for new agreements.
  3. Who will develop the new faculty workload standards?
    1. Answer: New faculty workload standards to be developed by the chancellor of the Ohio Department of Higher Education
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