College/Primary + Secondary Education Facts for Successful Conventions and Meetings in Cleveland

• College/Primary & Secondary Education
• Higher Education
• Successful Education Meetings in Cleveland
• Cleveland-Based Associations
• Education Organizations

College/Primary + Secondary Education

Cleveland Plus is home to nearly 170,000 students in 24 colleges and universities in the Cleveland Plus region. Cleveland PLus is proud of its award-winning public and private primary and secondary schools, as well as its many institutions of higher learning. Cleveland education is growing the nation's brightest and finest leaders.

Higher Education:

Baldwin-Wallace College (B-W) (4,700)

• Fully-accredited institution affiliated with the United Methodist Church offering liberal arts-based undergraduate, graduate and pre-professional programs
• Since B-W's Neuroscience program began in 1998, 100% of its students who have applied have been accepted into graduate programs or medical school.

Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) (9,097)

• Nationally ranked as one of the nation's top engineering schools, CWRU School of Engineering was one of the first to introduce videogame publishing into its curriculum to train students in the latest game technology.
• CWRU is one of the nation's leading research institutions.
• 75% of Case undergraduate students participate in research endeavors.

Cleveland Institute of Art (CIA) (607)

• CIA is among the top ten professional colleges.
• Accredited by North Central Association of Colleges and Schools and the National Association of Schools of Art and Design
• Beginning in 2005, CIA began offering an MFA program in Digital Arts.

Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM) (422)

• Leading international conservatory
• CIM graduates perform with the world's most acclaimed musical organizations, including 35 with the world-renowned Cleveland Orchestra.

Cleveland State University (CSU) (15,664)

• Recent research shows that at nearly 1,000 businesses across the country, a Cleveland State graduate is at the helm as founder, chairman, CEO, president or top executive.
• Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs, Ohio's only College of Urban Affairs, is ranked among the top eight urban affairs schools in the US. The College is also ranked second in the graduate specialty of city management and urban policy in the U.S. News and World Report's 1998, 2002 and 2005 editions of "America's Best Graduate Schools."

Hiram College (1,125)

• Ranked among country's most prestigious liberal arts institutions
• Hiram's Weekend College for adult learners was the first program of its kind in Ohio and enables students to earn their degree in four years by taking classes on alternate weekends.

John Carroll University (4,101)

• In the September 2005 U.S. News & World Report annual guide "America's Best Colleges," John Carroll University ranked sixth overall among Midwestern Universities - Master's I. JCU also ranked first among Midwestern - Master's I in average graduation rate (77 percent), and tied for third among Midwestern Universities - Master's I in average freshman retention rate (87 percent).

Kent State University (KSU) (36,823)

• Kent State University's eight-campus network makes it one of the largest regional systems in the country.
• One of the nation's top 90 research universities
• KSU Honors College recognized as one of the nation's oldest and most distinguished honors program.

Oberlin College and Conservatory of Music (2,857)

• Oberlin has sent more students on to earn a Ph.D. than any other predominantly undergraduate institution in the country.
• The Oberlin Conservatory is the nation's oldest continuously operating conservatory.
• The Oberlin Conservatory is a division of Oberlin College, making it the only major music school in the country linked with a preeminent liberal arts college.

University of Akron (23,289)

• School of Law named #1 best value public law school in America by National Jurist magazine in 2002, and #2 by Pre-Law Insider magazine in 2004
• Only public university in Ohio with a science and engineering program ranked in top five nationally by U.S. News & World Report
• 1 of only 12 universities in the nation named as a Carnegie Cluster leader in recognition of teaching and learning achievements
• College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering is the largest single center for polymer education in U.S.

Successful Cleveland Meetings 

• Dance Masters of Ohio
• Center for Learning Excellence
• American Philosophical Association
• Ohio Council of Teachers of Mathematics
• Staff Development for Educators, Inc.
• Foundation Show Design
• Ohio Music Education Association  
• NACADA 2006 Great Lakes - Region 5 Conference - Crowne Plaza Cleveland City Center
  • Assistance provided by the Convention and Visitors Bureau of Greater Cleveland

Cleveland-Based Associations

• Institute of Mathematical Statistics
• National Association of College Stores
• National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics

Education Organizations

Learn how the following organizations are working with Cleveland-area educational institutions to help develop a well-educated workforce in Cleveland.

College 360
Cleveland has a history of co-operation between business and education in the area. To continue that strong cooperation City Club Forum has created College 360. College 360 is a four-year, $5 million initiative designed to attract and keep Northeast Ohio's future business and civic leaders in the community. This initiative is done through three stages: promoting enrollment in Northeast Ohio institutions, engage college students in communities throughout the region during the period of their study and finally, linking graduates with area employees.

NOCHE
The Northeast Ohio Council on Higher Education is the representative body and service organization for the 25 universities and colleges in a 13-county region. NOCHE's core objectives include:

• serving as the recognized advocate for, and preferred information source about, higher education in northeast Ohio;
• helping member institutions leverage their distinctive intellectual assets in partnership with key employers to build workforce capacity and enhance regional economic development;
• developing and implementing projects that provide service to member institutions in areas such as professional development, community outreach and the collection and analysis of data and information on regional trends in higher education;
• helping facilitate research funding and technology transfer within northeast Ohio.

Cleveland Leadership Center
The new organization combines the pioneering efforts of Leadership Cleveland, one of the original leadership development programs in the country; leverages the energy of Cleveland Bridge Builders, an organization that identifies, trains and channels emerging community leaders; incorporates the connections that occur as (i)Cleveland brings together Northeast Ohio businesses and college students for job opportunities that will keep graduates here; and provide the "window to the world" opprtunities for young high school students who get personal, first-hand experience learning about the way their community operates through Look Up To Cleveland.

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