Ohio's colleges and universities navigate limited amounts of coronavirus-related relief
Hiram College received about $1 million in federal HEER funds in the spring.
When colleges got billions of federal dollars back in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, many leaders hoped it was just the beginning. But institutions have received only that first round of money so far, leaving some Ohio schools to stretch parts of those grants out as the virus and its impact rages on.
"We knew that this was going to get a lot worse before it got better, and we also didn't know whether there would be additional money coming from the government," said Dr. Forrest Faison, senior vice president for research and innovation and chief health care strategy officer at Cleveland State University who's also leading the university's pandemic response efforts. "So it was important for us to be judicious to buy the things that we needed to make the campus safe and take care of our students, but at the same time, protect as much as we could for the spring semester."