Oregon would seriously consider taking part in the "bold" and "intriguing" proposal for free community college tuition that President Obama is floating in the days leading up to his State of the Union address, Oregon higher education chief Ben Cannon said Friday. read more >

William Bowen and Eugene Tobin are wrong that final decision-making authority should be kept out of the hands of faculty members, write Dan Ryan and Sara Goldrick-Rab. read more >

It handicaps the union and strengthens the corporation. read more >

UO Senate’s concerns can be addressed read more >

Offer good, not stratospheric, salary for UO president read more >

Some trustees say an increase in compensation would aid recruitment read more >

On their campus set amid the idyllic northwestern woodlands, graduate students at the University of Oregon stepped out of their classrooms and onto a historic picket line... read more >

The tentative contract agreement creates a $150,000 leave fund read more >

Some states are picking up the tab for community college tuition, and Oregon could be next. read more >

Mediation resumes this morning read more >

By failing to reach a contract with its teaching fellows, UO goes back on its pledge to help all students read more >

The two sides end 11 1/2 hours of mediation without an agreement read more >

Hundreds of graduate student instructors at the University of Oregon exchanged teaching for picketing Tuesday as part of a strike over stalled negotiations on health benefits. read more >

Walkout of 1,500 graduate instructors is set to start this morning read more >

About 1,500 graduate students at the University of Oregon are preparing to strike this week. read more >

Bullying boomers into retirement won’t help the sad state of higher education in this country. read more >

Money — how it’s raised, how it’s budgeted and what it buys — has been the silent driver of education reform across this nation for more than a decade. read more >

The University of Oregon’s Senate voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to rebuke the institution’s administration for planning for a threatened strike by graduate teaching assistants read more >

A University of Oregon professor is leading a group of sexual violence experts who are urging dozens of university presidents to reject what they call a flawed nationalized survey... read more >

Oregon will receive the $50-million from Mr. Ballmer and his wife, Connie Ballmer, an alumna of the college, to tackle a variety of initiatives, including new professorships, scholarships, and a marketing campaign. read more >