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DeWine budget adds wage‑outcomes to higher‑ed funding, expands merit scholarship and funds campus consolidation
Summary
Chancellor Mike Duffy told the House Workforce and Higher Education Committee that Governor DeWine’s FY26–27 executive budget adds employment outcomes to performance funding, expands the Governor’s Merit Scholarship, pilots direct and guaranteed admissions, and proposes an $82 million revolving loan fund for campus square‑footage reductions.
Chancellor Mike Duffy of the Ohio Department of Higher Education presented Governor Mike DeWine’s executive higher‑education budget to the House Workforce and Higher Education Committee, outlining changes he said will tie state funding more closely to student outcomes and workforce needs.
Duffy said the state will deepen its emphasis on performance‑based funding by adding employment outcomes to the formula, describing that change as a “modest step” that initially accounts for about 5 percent of total state share of instruction (SSI). “This is return on investment,” he said, arguing that wage and employment data will better align college incentives with student and employer…
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