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.
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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
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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...
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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.
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The second-largest gift ever will endow scholarships and help study obesity
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Adjunct professors have been exploring and, in several cases, acting on their ability to unionize.
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Governance change rejected in North Dakota and new student aid fund nixed in Oregon. Elsewhere, voters approved bond measures sought by higher education.
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The state is also sabotaging its goal of ensuring that 40 percent of all adult Oregonians have a bachelor's degree or higher by 2025
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Oregon could soon make history by allowing the state to sell bonds to set up an endowment with bonds sold to help provide financial aid for college students
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When a college class goes low-tech, students should be delighted, not disappointed.
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Years of budget cuts in K-12 education have given Oregon one of the shortest school years in the country.
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GTFs, or graduate teaching fellows, are grad students who instruct in undergraduate courses. Federation President Joe Henry said the union is requesting a pay raise and paid leave.
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The union for graduate students who help teach undergraduate courses at the University of Oregon is threatening to strike in a dispute with the administration over pay and leave.
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Education may be a key issue in several states’ elections this fall, but referendums related to higher education are thin this political season.
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Biology professor Tyrone Hayes is a favorite of anti-herbicide activists but is shunned by chemical companies
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$2 billion campaign is state’s largest ever
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One question sat firmly at the heart of Tuesday's Supreme Court arguments over cuts to the Public Employees Retirement System: What does it mean to make a promise?
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Why the board-centered classroom is still the best place to teach and learn.
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The cancellation of a speech by a feminist media critic at Utah State University has revived concerns about safety at institutions in states that allow firearms on campuses.
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Jennifer Freyd says the University of Oregon's leaders supported her survey on rape—until they didn't.
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