Equity and Student Success
The teachers who shaped the Class of 2025- February 7, 2025, OPB. By Elizabeth Miller."
Teachers of students OPB has been following say making an effort to connect with students was critical to helping students learn...."
Hundreds of eastern Oregon high school students come to EOU to practice and develop business skills- February 5, 2025. Eastern Oregon University News, "Hundreds of area middle and high school students in dress shirts and blazers roamed Eastern..."
Portland State Sets Transfer Students Up For Success and Helps Them Find Community - February 3, 2025. Willamette Week. Sponsored media, cooperation with Willamette Week and Portland State University. "Before the COVID-19 pandemic, if you had asked Alice..."
Black History Month at COCC Highlighted by Afrobeats Dance, Dinner Celebration - February 2, 2025. MyCentralOregon.com. "Featuring an Afrobeats dance class, a screening of the 2023 film “Origin” and an educational dinner celebration, Central..."
How are Oregon students performing? A new website breaks it down - January 27, 2025. The Register-Guard. By Miranda Cyr. "The Oregon Department of Education has launched a new website — a reimagined portal that breaks down standardized testing..."
Affordability
Lawmakers float massive expansion of Oregon’s tuition-free community college program - February 4, 2025. The Oregonian/OregonLive. By Sami Edge. "Higher education-focused lawmakers are pitching a dramatic expansion of the Oregon Promise,..."
Student government gives away $8,000 in grants so far - February 3, 2025. The Clackamas Print. By Gabriel Elmosleh. "Every student who applied for a grant from the student government in fall received an award...."
The cost of private colleges is high, yet many low-income students still choose them - February 2, 2025. JPR. By Katelyn Do, Emewodesh Eshete, and Mikhail Zinshteyn. "Some students work multiple jobs and..."
Learner Pathways, Economic and Community Development
Grant funds benefit commercial fishermen - February 7, 2025. Lincoln County Leader. "Northwest Oregon Works’ maritime program coordinator Len Tumbarello recently awarded Newport Fishermen’s Wives $44,925 to ensure commercial fishing..."
Clackamas CC, EOU partnering to offer elementary education degree- February 5, 2025. Wilsonville Spokesman. By John Baker. "Clackamas Community College is expanding opportunities for future educators through a new partnershipy..."
Minnesota, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, Tennessee, Virginia, and Washington Selected To Lead National Dual Enrollment Policy Efforts - February 5, 2025. Press Release by College in High School Alliance. "Seven states to advance dual enrollment access..."
CTE Month - February 2025. Oregon Community College Association Press Release. "February is National CTE Month, and OCCA in coordination with the colleges celebrates each year by highlighting community college CTE programs all month long..."
University of Oregon study finds link between widely used herbicide and infant health - January 27, 2025. OPB. By Sheraz Sadiq. "Glyphosate is an herbicide that’s widely used in agriculture in the U.S. and around the world..."
Leadership, Funding, and Policy
Kwabena Boakye selected as Vice President for Administration and Finance- February 6, 2025. Western Oregon University. By Alexis Ramos. "After a thorough search assisted by Anthem Executive, a national search firm, Kwabena Boakye has been selected..."
U.S. education policy is at a crossroads. This congressional hearing shows why - February 7, 2025. NPR. By Cory Turner. " U.S. education policy is at a crossroads. The White House wants to close the U.S. Department of Education, and has placed dozens..."
Bonamici resolution condemns efforts to defund schools, abolish Department of Education - February 5, 2025. KOIN.com. By Michaela Bourgeois. "Amid the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle the Department of Education, one Oregon lawmaker.."
Staff and students at Oregon colleges brace for possible immigration enforcement- February 5, 2025. OPB. By Tiffany Camhi. "Colleges and universities are no longer protected from immigration raids and Oregon’s higher education institutions are preparing for the worst..."
Senior citizens and award-winning sustainability at SOU- February 5, 2025. JPR. By Mike Green and Natalie Golay. "Southern Oregon University is incorporating innovative cost-saving models of sustainable campus operations and integrating senior living.."
Scholz launches new UO strategic plan- February 4, 2025. The Daily Emerald. By Stephanie Jersey. "In the fall of 2024, University of Oregon President John Karl Scholz announced the launch of a new strategic plan, Oregon Rising..."
Trump administration targets Portland State for alleged antisemitism - February 3, 2025. OPB. By Tiffany Camhi. "The new federal investigation is in response to an executive order signed by President Donald Trump last week that directs all U.S. agencies..."
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