Paul Gaston, Emeritus Trustees Professor and author, will offer a presentation on actions Gaston believes call for society to "confront the existential threat to higher education as we know it posed by politicians who want to remake the academy in their image." His presentation, “Unprecedented: Today, Florida. Tomorrow, Ohio?” is set for Friday, March 10 at 2 p.m. in Satterfield Hall, Room 121.  Ahead of his presentation, Kent State Today asked Gaston to preview his presentation and address what he feels are the practical steps that he feels our leaders need to take.&nbsp...

The School of Peace and Conflict Studies (SPCS) at Kent State University is pleased to announce state approval for a Master of Arts in Peace and Conflict Studies to begin in Fall 2023. This 36-credit-hour degree program features a mixture of theory and practice-oriented courses and culminates in one of three options: a traditional thesis, an internship option, or a guided practicum, “Intervention Design & Implementation”. Students will be able to choose from one of two concentrations: Applied Conflict Transformation (ACT) or Peace, Conflict & Development (PCD). ACT students will develo...