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University of Northwestern Ohio Lets Students Major in Race Cars

The University of Northwestern Ohio, a private, non-profit college, established the country’s first “high-performance motorsports program” less than 20 years ago, the Toledo Blade reports. About 15 percent of students enrolled on the school’s Lima campus are enrolled in the program.


Andy O’Neal, the dean of UNOH’s college of technologies, explained that what differentiates UNOH’s program is that the school’s offerings in areas such as engine building, and tuning, and welding, and fabrication are grounded in muscle work and fueled by elbow grease…

“Our program revolves around allowing students how to work on things,” said O’Neal, the dean of UNOH’s college of technologies. “That’s where the jobs are in racing.”

Read more at: www.toledoblade.com

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