Michael Schwartz (born July 29, 1937) is an American academic administrator who served as president of

Kent State University Kent State University (KSU) is a public research university in Kent, Ohio. The university also includes seven regional campuses in Northeast Ohio and additional facilities in the region and internationally. Regional campuses are located in As ...

and later in the same position at

Cleveland State University Cleveland State University (CSU) is a public research university in Cleveland, Ohio. It was established in 1964 and opened for classes in 1965 after acquiring the entirety of Fenn College, a private school that had been in operation since 1923. ...

(CSU). While at CSU he phased out open admissions for college undergraduates.

Biography

Schwartz was educated as a sociologist, with all his degrees (BS, MA, Ph.D.) from the

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U of I, Illinois, University of Illinois, or UIUC) is a public land-grant research university in Illinois in the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana. It is the flagship institution of the Univ ...

. He was on the faculty of

Indiana University Indiana University (IU) is a system of public universities in the U.S. state of Indiana. Campuses Indiana University has two core campuses, five regional campuses, and two regional centers under the administration of IUPUI. *Indiana Universit ...

Wayne State University Wayne State University (WSU) is a public research university in Detroit, Michigan. It is Michigan's third-largest university. Founded in 1868, Wayne State consists of 13 schools and colleges offering approximately 350 programs to nearly 25,000 ...

and

Florida Atlantic University Florida Atlantic University (Florida Atlantic or FAU) is a Public university, public research university with its main campus in Boca Raton, Florida, and satellite campuses in Dania Beach, Florida, Dania Beach, Davie, Florida, Davie, Fort Lauderd ...

. He came to Kent State University in 1976 as vice president over graduate studies and research and was appointed president in 1982, a position he held until 1991. The Michael Schwartz Center, an administrative building housed in the former home of the

Kent State University School Kent State University School ("KSUS") was a laboratory school located in Kent, Ohio, United States, on the campus of Kent State University. The school included grades K–12 and was divided into elementary, junior high/middle, and high school lev ...

, is named for him. Schwartz implemented major reforms while at CSU. New

dorms A dormitory (originated from the Latin word ''dormitorium'', often abbreviated to dorm) is a building primarily providing sleeping and residential quarters for large numbers of people such as boarding school, high school, college or university ...

were built, a new student center and new administration buildings. There were also major renovations of class room buildings. He not only implemented admission requirements, but he also oversaw a major rise in the bar passing rate of Cleveland-Marshall School of Law graduates. One of his last acts as president was to recommend a salary freeze for the next fiscal year. The library at CSU is named for Schwartz.

References

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign alumni American sociologists Indiana University faculty Florida Atlantic University faculty Wayne State University faculty Kent State University faculty Presidents of Cleveland State University Living people 1937 births {{Ohio-bio-stub