COLUMBUS, Ohio - The University of Akron and Kent State University are eliminating degree programs to comply with state Senate Bill 1, a sweeping higher education bill that lawmakers passed earlier this year.

SB 1 requires public colleges and universities to eliminate programs that confer an average of fewer than five degrees a year over any three-year period. It went into effect in late June. Since then, schools have announced program cuts , including the University of Toledo, Ohio University and Cuyahoga Community College .

Cleveland State University announced it would discontinue 22 programs , not as part of SB 1, but as part of a separate review of programs that began in 2023.

As with the other colleges, UA and Kent State both said that students currently enrolled in programs

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