Concern for Ohio State's core values and how those values might be acted upon is appropriate and welcomed. Providing a quality educational experience at a comprehensive teaching and research university is an expensive undertaking. Average expenditures at research and doctoral institutions are much greater than at master's or baccalaureate institutions. Only three research or doctoral institutions in Ohio are ranked in the 2nd tier, and only two in the 3rd tier.
Robust research enhances our students' educational experience in multiple ways.
Research opportunities attract the nation's top scholars. Students learn from them and are exposed to new information generated by their research. Students are often part of new-knowledge creation through their own research projects. Research also benefits the people of Ohio. It produces solutions to social and educational problems, provides breakthroughs in disease and health concerns, maintains the competitiveness of Ohio businesses, and attracts capital and jobs to the state.