Equity and Student Success
COCC receives federal grant to help low-income, first-generation students succeed - October 14, 2025. KTVZ.com. By KTVZ. "Central Oregon Community College has received a $1.36 million federal grant that will provide 140 low-income, first-generation students..."
Affordability
After years of quietly falling, college tuition is on the rise again - October 13, 2025. Hechinger Report. By Jon Marcus. "Summer usually provides a respite for Connor Pavlicko from his duties as student body president at Slippery Rock University. But this summer,..."
Wrangling financial aid options at OSU - October 13, 2025. The Daily Barometer (OSU student newspaper). By Liam Robinson. "Financial aid options are a dime a dozen, including loans, scholarships and grant opportunities..."
RCC’s $1 Clothing Sale funds crucial student scholarships- October 13, 2025. KOBI5.com. By Ethan Quin. "The Rogue Community College chapter of the American Association for Women in Community Colleges (AAWCC) is holding its bi-annual..."
Learner Pathways, Economic and Community Development
Colleges are fighting to prove their return on investment - October 16, 2025. AP News. By Collin Binkley. "For a generation of young Americans, choosing where to go to college — or whether to go at all — has become a complex calculation of..."
Oregon State University enrollment largest in Oregon, continues to grow- October 14, 2025. Oregon State University. By Misty Edgecomb. "Oregon State is the largest university in Oregon for the 12th straight year..."
Nez Perce tribal members share history and culture in Oregon Origins Project at Portland’s Reed College - October 14, 2025. OPB. By Allison Frost. "Before colonization and the decimation of Indigenous people, Nez Perce, or Nimíipuu, lands encompassed..."
What Oregonians need to know about the pros and cons of artificial intelligence in local schools- October 14, 2025. OPB. By Natalie Pate. "Students and teachers already use a variety of AI tools on a regular basis..."
Years of work culminate in new Core Education for OSU students - October 14, 2025. Oregon State University. By Theresa Hogue. "A new general education curriculum has been launched at Oregon State University that..."
Grande Ronde Hospital Expands Workforce Development Center with $2.2 Million Grant- October 13, 2205. The Observer. Sponsored Content By Grande Ronde Hospital. "Grande Ronde Hospital and Clinics is taking..."
Leadership, Funding, and Policy
Portland State University violated labor law, state employment board rules, October 16, 2025, OPB, By Tiffany Camhi. "The Oregon Employment Relations Board has ordered PSU to release certain funds to members of the university’s adjunct faculty union...."
Oregon State research spending tops $400M two years in a row- October 15, 2025. JPR. By Mike Green and Natalie Golay. "At a time when the federal government is making drastic cuts in funding to institutions of higher education and major healthcare..."
Trump’s Layoffs Gut Office of Postsecondary Ed- October 15, 2025. Inside Higher Ed. By Jessica Blake. "College-access advocates say that TRIO and other student support services will face major disruptions as a result..."
Migrant GED program cut- October 14, 2025. Columbia Gorge News. By Neita Cecil. "Two longstanding federally funded programs — one helps migrant farmworkers get GEDs, the other helps migrant students in their first year of college — have faced..."
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