Michael Schwartz (July 29, 1937 – January 2, 2024) was an American academic administrator who served as president of Kent State University and later in the same position at Cleveland State University (CSU).
Schwartz was educated as a sociologist, with all his degrees (BS, MA, Ph.D.) from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
The Michael Schwartz Center, an administrative building housed in the former home of the Kent State University School, is named for him.
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.