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(05-16-2020 12:23 PM)Bearcat 1985 Wrote:  

(05-16-2020 12:02 PM)natibeast21 Wrote:  

(05-16-2020 11:22 AM)Ohio Poly Wrote:  

(05-16-2020 09:13 AM)Bearcat 1985 Wrote:  

(05-16-2020 06:35 AM)Ohio Poly Wrote:  None of them will agree to be merged into another. It will only happen if some form of new independent name-neutral umbrella university is formed for them to join. Which would be an instant AAC school.

Than let Akron go bankrupt. No state bailout whatsoever. Let nature take its course and correct the mistake of absorbing it into the state system in the first place. UT and Wright State too. Let it force OU and BGSE and Cleveland State into their proper roles in a rationale state system. No more empire building.

In a perfect world, the Univesity System of Ohio would have been given the mandate and political support to enact and manage such changes. That's not Ohio politics, however, so perhaps it will need to be done with the harsher and more abrupt hand of economics.

Nobody's asking for a state bailout. Akron will make cuts and use its reserves as necessary to continue as a going educational concern and support its physical investments. What it wouldn't do is voluntarily give up its name, history, strengths, etc. to be absorbed into another regional U. If Tosu wants to keep getting bigger (IDKITD) and/or ease congestion on the main campus it would make the most sense in the population center of NE Ohio where a lot of its students (and fans) are from. Things are ripe for the picking during a major crisis like this.

Nope^ I don’t see in anyway in which acquiring Akron would boost Ohio State’s national or international perception which has been the main focus for the last couple of decades especially since 2010.

OSU already has a branch campus in Mansfield. They have zero need or desire to take on Akron.

Mansfield is a bit outside of the Cleveland/Akron metro. They also have the ATI and OARDC Ag facilities in Wooster Ohio so they already have a significant presence in Akron's back yard...synergies, anyone? Neither of us knows what all might be in their future plans, which can evolve base on changing circumstances and opportunities.