Upper Arlington Fiber-Optic Deal, Grant Money Dispute for Low-Income Students, Kent State University Teaching at Akron High Schools, and More

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Council Approves Fiber-Optic Deal 

This Week Community News, April 29, 2015

Upper Arlington City is expected to begin construction of an estimated $2.64 million fiber-optic network that would connect city buildings to Upper Arlington Public Library branches and Upper Arlington schools…

 

Grant Money for Low-Income Students in Dispute Between Ohio's Private, Public Colleges

Columbus Dispatch, April 29, 2015

As Senate leaders press for lower student costs, Ohio’s public and private universities are sparring over how the state should divide grant money for low-income students in the new two-year state budget…

 

Kent State to Help Akron Students Earn College Credit Without Leaving High School

Kent State University, April 28, 2015

Through a $480,000 grant from the Great Lakes Higher Education Guaranty Corporation Kent State University instructors will be sent to two Akron high schools to teach college-level English and math…

 

Huntington Makes 1st Cut in Broadband Competition 

The Herald Dispatch, April 30, 2015

Huntington is now one of 50 U.S. cities vying for a developmental broadband project through Frontier Communications' America's Best Communities competition...

 

President Obama Announces New Library Initiatives 

Library Journal, April 30, 2015

President Obama announced two new initiatives that promise to strengthen learning opportunities for all children, particularly in low-income communities...