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This week on "The State of Ohio": State lawmakers consider what they can do in the wake of the horrible and yet miraculous escape story out of Cleveland involving three women held prisoner in a house for a decade. New data shows more than half of all violent crimes are committed by a very small numbers of offenders. Lawmakers are now working to target that tiny group. And more thoughts on legislation that would dramatically change rules on unions in Ohio.
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| OSU president likes Strickland proposal, defends high-profile hiring decisions. |
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By Karen Kasler - January 29, 2009 |
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Among the somewhat surprising proposals in Gov. Ted Strickland's State of the State speech was that the two-year freeze on tuition would stay in place at Ohio's community colleges and branch campuses. And the governor asked the main campuses to freeze tuition for 2010, and then increase it by no more than 3.5% in 2011. Ohio Public Radio's Karen Kasler talked to the head of the state's largest university, Ohio State president Gordon Gee. Gee says since the state will offset the cost of the tuition freeze to public colleges and universities, they can continue with their work even while holding down the cost for students. |
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Gordon Gee with Karen Kasler (1:10) 
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| Strickland says Ohio was the only state in the nation that had no increase in tuition at public colleges and universities over the last two years. But the College Board said in a report last year that Ohio's four year public schools are still the eighth most expensive in the country. |
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