Oregon s colleges and universities will get a needed boost from the newest federal COVID-19 relief and omnibus bill signed Dec. 27 by President Donald Trump.
The funds from the Consolidated Appropriations Act s $22.7 billion dedicated to higher education across the U.S. comes at a time when low enrollment and other budget problems are cause for concern for Oregon s higher education institutions.
Oregon s Higher Education Coordinating Commission estimates
$228.1 million will come to the state from the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund, anticipating
$102.4 million to public universities,
$97.6 million for community colleges and
$28.1 million for private institutions. It s not enough to fix the looming budget concerns of many colleges and universities, HECC Executive Director Ben Cannon said. Nearly all of the state s colleges and universities have seen declines in enrollment, which poses problems as many still rely on tuition for the bulk of revenue. The i
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SALT LAKE CITY The Utah Board of Higher Education voted unanimously Friday to adopt an equity lens framework to guide decision-making at the board and system level.
The framework is a tool leaders and policymakers will use to ensure all of our decisions, our strategies, our initiatives and our goals are staying true to the vision of equitable systemic change, said Geoffrey Landward, the board s general counsel.
The framework was modeled after the Oregon Higher Education Coordinating Commission s Equity Lens and has been further developed by chief diversity officers of Utah s public colleges and universities and the Office of the Commissioner of Higher Education.
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SALT LAKE CITY The Utah Board of Higher Education voted unanimously Friday to adopt an “equity lens framework” to guide decision-making at the board and system level.
The framework is a tool leaders and policymakers will use “to ensure all of our decisions, our strategies, our initiatives and our goals are staying true to the vision of equitable systemic change,” said Geoffrey Landward, the board’s general counsel.
The framework was modeled after the Oregon Higher Education Coordinating Commission’s Equity Lens and has been further developed by chief diversity officers of Utah’s public colleges and universities and the Office of the Commissioner of Higher Education.