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Oregon Senate Bill 233 is under review by the Joint Committee on Ways and Means. The bill requires the Oregon Higher Education Coordinating Commission (HECC) to establish a common course numbering system for undergraduate courses offered at Oregon public institutions.
The bill mandates public institutions to adopt a system where students can transfer courses with the same number (e.g., English 101) to satisfy graduation requirements at another college.
A National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) report shows that it takes students an average of 5.7 years to complete a bachelor’s degree.
I completed a bachelor’s degree in Texas in a little over 4 years while working. It was possible for me to transfer multiple times and still complete college in less time than most students, largely due to Texas’s common course numbering system. Common course numbering policies require colleges and universities to use the same titles, numbering system, and descriptions for equival
Salem-Keizer school board candidate Kari Zohner is receiving criticism for Facebook comments she made related to George Floyd.
Tuesday evening a few hours after a jury found former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty for the murder of Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man Oregon State University posted a photograph of Floyd with the years 1973-2020 written beneath his name on its official Facebook page.
By Wednesday afternoon, the post had received more than 1,000 comments, nearly 100 shares,
and varying reactions. Some Facebook users spoke up in support of the post and expressed pride in the university for sharing it. Others critiqued the university, telling them to stay in their lane, stick to posting about education, and stop the leftist indoctrination.
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SALEM â By passing a bill, the state is poised to end a eight-month ordeal that nearly ended Blue Mountain Community Collegeâs corrections education program.
On April 8, the Oregon Senate followed the House in passing House Bill 5042, a spending bill that includes $542,033 for BMCC to help tie up some loose ends as it starts its new contract with the Oregon Department of Corrections.
Sen. Bill Hansell, R-Athena, who voted for the bill, said the allocation will act as a stopgap funding to cover the few months between the end of the BMCCâs old contract with the state prison system and the beginning of its new contract.