Ramaswamy wants to consolidate Ohio’s universities. Ohio’s founders would be appalled.

By: Dan McQuigg

Outlets: Ohio Capital Journal

Published: April 9, 2026

Words: 967

Last Updated: 3 months, 3 weeks ago

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Vivek Ramaswamy says Ohio has too many universities.

“They need to be consolidated,” the Republican governor candidate recently declared. “When you consolidate them, they can actually be centers of excellence.”

Here’s what Ramaswamy either doesn’t know or doesn’t care about: Ohio already created centers of excellence in higher education over two centuries ago. They were called Ohio University and Miami University, and they were the first public universities in America established by an …

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