In addition to offering their institutional knowledge, the community colleges will provide a transfer pipeline to CSU, and perhaps even dual admission. Cincinnati and Ohio State are expected to give guaranteed admissions to their graduate programs to high-achieving CSU graduates, Walters says.
“All of them are interested in kind of a continuing relationship where they continue to work with Central State until it gets to scale,” he adds.
The task force will present the final draft of “Speed to Scale” to the board on Jan. 17 for approval. The details of the plan, in terms of physical infrastructure, personnel and faculty, have yet to be fully worked out.
One of the state’s goals is to increase the proportion of people in the state with baccalaureate training, says Dr. Gary Schumacher, a retired Ohio University professor who is heading up the task force. Thus, the state is seeking to provide more access to college for low-income high school students, a population CSU has historically served.
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