Originally published on April 8, 2021 2:30 pm
Oregon’s oldest public university, Western Oregon, in the small Willamette Valley city of Monmouth, will be cutting multiple programs and the equivalent of more than a dozen full-time faculty, hoping to get ahead of falling enrollment that’s only been worsened during the pandemic.
Administrators say it’s a necessary move to protect the financial health of the university, and a way to keep the 165-year-old institution affordable for prospective students. But employees, current students and alumni say they’re worried about a change in campus culture and community especially with eliminations of programs like philosophy, which teach broadly beneficial skills, such as critical thinking, analysis and writing.
An Oregon bill is looking to allow mergers between community colleges and public universities
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University student governments urge lawmakers to prioritize financial aid funding
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Eastern Oregon University set to add two degrees
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Originally published on February 11, 2021 3:20 pm
The Oregon Higher Education Coordinating Commission voted on Thursday to make key changes to the way state funding is allocated to Oregon’s seven public universities.
This is the first time the commission has made any changes to the funding model called the Student Success and Completion Model, or SSCM since it was first implemented in 2015.
Many of the changes are aiming to simplify or clarify the model. Others are meant to incentivize collaboration and equity, including adding a “bonus” for institutions that graduate Oregon community college transfer students. The HECC also approved increasing an existing bonus for institutions that graduate Oregonians from underrepresented groups.