Universities across the state today submitted lists of dozens of low-enrolled programs they will be required to sunset, in compliance with Senate Bill 1, Ohio’s higher education bill.
The state law requires schools to cut undergraduate degree programs that graduate fewer than five students annually. Kent State University said Thursday it’s submitted 24 degree programs to the state. However, the university has requested a two-year waiver on five of the programs, to allow it to boost enrollment and save them. They are Bachelor of Science degrees in plant biology, medical laboratory science and insurance studies, and Bachelor of Arts degrees in music and philosophy.
For the other 19 programs, the university requested a one-year waiver to allow students to complete them, or for them to be merged with others. In some cases, Bachelor of Arts degrees will be sunset, but Bachelor of Science degrees in the same subject area will remain…