As Case Western Reserve University turns 200, President Eric Kaler discusses higher ed challenges
Case Western Reserve University turns 200
One of Ohio's oldest colleges, Case Western Reserve University, just turned 200 this month. It traces its founding to Western Reserve College in Hudson in 1826, named after the region which was known then as the Western Reserve of Connecticut.
At the time, Northeast Ohio's population was growing, and the Industrial Revolution was leading to opportunities for technical and scientific advancement in Cleveland, with the help of philanthropists like Leonard Case Jr.
200 years later, colleges and universities across the country are facing a completely…
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