Ohio needs to stop shortchanging economically critical state institutions of higher education like Cleveland State: David Bentkowski
If I were still in politics, I would be running as a pro-growth, pro-business conservative who’d explain to the people of Ohio how our economic future is directly linked to funding places like Cleveland State University, writes guest columnist David Bentkowski, an attorney, former mayor of Seven Hills, and current adjunct law professor at Cleveland State. Cleveland State University is one of the most important institutions in Ohio, covering twelve blocks of downtown and providing a wide range of services. The university is also a major employer in the area and serves as a farm system for highly skilled young workers to graduate and serve important employers such as KeyBank, Sherwin-Williams, Ernst & Young, Jones Day, etc. Without these institutions, employers would have to pay significant sums to recruit young people to relocate to Cleveland from across the nation. David Bentkowski argues that Ohio should stop shortchanging economically critical state institutions of higher education.
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SEVEN HILLS, Ohio -- Cleveland State University is one of the most important institutions in Ohio. The campus covers about twelve blocks of downtown, from East 18th to East 30th streets, with dorms, restaurants, education buildings, recreation centers, and apartments. Take away Cleveland State’s thousands of people, and downtown would feel empty.
It is one of the area’s largest employers and serves as a farm system for highly skilled young workers to graduate and serve our most important employers like KeyBank, Sherwin-Williams, Ernst & Young, Jones Day, etc. Cleveland employers are lucky -- they have to pay very little to find high-quality graduates. Absent Cleveland State, they would be paying big money to recruit young people to relocate to Cleveland from all over the nation. I have been in Cleveland my entire life, and almost every person I know has a connection to Cleveland State.