Plans and Reports
Division Annual Report
Strategic Enrollment Plan
In the fall of 2020, Kent State University developed a holistic Strategic Enrollment Management (SEM) plan designed to assist the University increase enrollment and graduation rates. The plan is driven by metrics of student demand and success, and simultaneously developed to promote a culture of student success.
Statewide Initiatives
Kent State’s work with the Ascendium Education Group
This report, authored by the Aspen Institute College Excellence Program, explores how Kent State University (KSU), Columbus State Community College (CSCC), Eastern Gateway Community College (EGCC), and Lorain County Community College (LCCC) collaborated over three years (2019-2022) on a project funded by Ascendium Education Group to ensure that education at a community college can be a seamless first step to bachelor's degree completion. Together, the project team developed degree pathways and a student success framework to support vertical transfer. The report details the highly replicable transfer pathway development process the partners utilized and also documents challenges faced and lessons learned to aid others across the state of Ohio who wish to enhance the success of vertical transfer students in completing bachelor's degrees through interinstitutional collaboration.