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Article: Four Northeast Ohio Universities Commit to Boosting Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences; NorTech Led Effort Leads to Unprecedented Level of Cooperation.
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- July 1, 2005
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CLEVELAND -- NorTech, the economic development organization focused on developing Northeast Ohio's technology economy, today announced that a memorandum of understanding to expand the electrical engineering and computer science (EECS) capacity among four major Northeast Ohio universities has been reached.
NorTech was the primary driver and coordinator of the effort, in which Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland State University, the University of Akron and Kent State University are participating.
The memorandum carries aggressive five-year goals to increase faculty staffing levels by 80 percent and a quadrupling of funding for EECS research. The ...