Some Ohio universities make their campuses more secure after the Brown shooting to bring more students
Two Ohio universities recently announced they will make their campuses more secure after two students were murdered and nine were injured at Brown University.
An unidentified person murdered Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov and Ella Cook inside an engineering building at the Ivy League university while they were studying for their final exams, according to The Columbus Dispatch. Police have not identified the other victims who were able to survive the tragedy.
In an email to the Cleveland campus community obtained by the news source, Case Western Reserve University President Eric Kaler said there are no threats against the university or security concerns.
“We know how unsettling these events, no matter how far their locations, can be,” he said, referring to the shootings at Brown and Sydney, Australia.
All Case Western campus buildings will require card access for the rest of December. Campus security and police presence on campus will also be increased.
The Ohio State University’s spokesperson, Dan Hedman, also told The Dispatch that it will protect its students and staff by making sure the university’s Division of Police will have “increased visibility in high traffic areas this week, leading into students going on break.”
Beyond preventing future tragedies, Ohio colleges and universities can invest in maintaining a safe campus environment to remain among the top 10 U.S. states by number of college applicants.
A new Dec. 11 report from the Common App, an admissions platform used by approximately 900 colleges and universities nationwide, revealed that the Buckeye State continues to see growth in first-year applicants.
More than 1.1 million first-year applicants had submitted more than 6.2 million college applications by the beginning of this month, according to the report, which indicated a 4% increase in applicants and a 9% increase in total applications compared to the same point last year.
The news came after reports that many colleges and universities in Ohio had decided to eliminate many of their degree programs.
Among the universities that made that decision were the University of Toledo, Ohio University, Cuyahoga Community College, the University of Akron, Kent State University, and Cleveland State University.
While traditional colleges and universities do that, Ohio community colleges thrive because many Ohio high school students choose to attend them instead. As a result, the state’s community colleges decided to offer shorter courses to attract more students.
