Cleveland State is the only institution beyond computer science, including a design and psychology major and a journalism and sociology major.

The university’s combined majors developed not only from faculty members’ proposals, but also from collaboration with local employers, who weighed in on which of the proposed programs might meet the area’s workforce needs.

“As a regional public, as an institution that seeks to serve this community, we said, what do our employers need?” said Nigamanth Sridhar, the university’s provost, who is spearheading the initiative.

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