Tiffany Camhi
Oregon Public Broadcasting-
鈥淭he budget that鈥檚 being proposed and likely to be adopted will effectively be a reduction in resources available to [institutions],鈥� said Kevin Neely, interim executive director of the Oregon Council of Presidents. -
The National Institutes of Health has eliminated grants for training programs that help young scientists from underrepresented communities get ahead in their careers. -
School districts that can鈥檛 pass construction bonds have few other options to fund needed building repairs. -
Universities in some parts of the country are responding to the federal DEI crackdown by shutting down diversity offices and eliminating equity-related groups. Oregon鈥檚 institutions are largely standing their ground. -
This is the latest civil rights investigation directed at universities launched by the Education Department since President Donald Trump took office in January. -
More than 500 researchers and their supporters gathered in Salem outside the state capitol building. -
Oregon joined with California and 20 other states to protect funding to universities, especially those involved in medical-related research, from a Trump administration effort to cut 鈥榠ndirect鈥� costs. -
From international students to asylum seekers, the new administration鈥檚 plans could affect tens of thousands of people in the state. -
The state鈥檚 public universities and community colleges are calling for increased investment in higher education. -
More women and people of color are working in construction related jobs than a decade ago. But there鈥檚 still significant work to be done. -
More than half a million people in the state carry some amount of federal student debt. -
The Student Emergency Needs Package looks to help the state鈥檚 public college and university students with the rising costs of housing, food and transportation.
