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Ohio Junior Colleges, Technical Schools, and Institutes
The State of Ohio administers its own system of higher education which operate at least two tiers of public colleges. One being the community colleges in Ohio, sometimes called Ohio junior colleges, or Ohio technical institutes, and so-called "four-year" Ohio colleges which award bachelor's and master's degrees. The "two-year" community educational institutions provide post-secondary education and lower-level tertiary education, granting certificates, diplomas, and associate's degrees in Ohio. The name, "community colleges" derives from the fact that "two-year" colleges primarily accept, and attract, students from the Ohio local community
Ohio's oldest two-year institution, Sinclair Community College, was founded in 1887 as a YMCA college. Most of the state's 32 public community colleges, however, were organized in the 1960s. In 1961, the Ohio General Assembly enacted legislation that provided for the expansion of postsecondary education by county governments and local school boards. This move resulted in the creation of community colleges, technical institutions and university branch campuses. In 1969, all institutions providing postsecondary technical education that had been operating under the State Department of Education were transferred to the Ohio Board of Regents. The state's present two-year college system includes technical colleges, locally supported community colleges, community-technical colleges located at state university campuses and two-year regional branch campuses of universities.
Colleges and universities in Ohio expose students to two extremes of American living. On the one hand, there is big-city excitement thanks to Cleveland, Cincinnati, and Columbus. On the other hand, there is rolling farmland, pristine nature, and suburbia. Campuses spread throughout Ohio are never far from either world.
