Mahoning Valley community college by 2010?

YOUNGSTOWN — Ohio’s Chancellor of Higher Education wants a Mahoning Valley community college to be in operation by the 2010-11 school year.

The call for a community college here is part of Chancellor Eric Fingerhut’s 10-year comprehensive plan for the delivery of public higher education in Ohio. Fingerhut presented the plan to Gov. Ted Strickland Monday.

The community college will be developed in collaboration with Youngstown State University, Kent State University, Jefferson Community College and local adult workforce centers, according to the plan.

Fingerhut said the Ohio Board of Regents, charged with overseeing Ohio’s public higher education, is helping devise the local community college project.

Click here to read his report.

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