While few of the nation’s “top schools” crack Oregon’s list of most applied-to colleges – which is dominated by public and private universities in Oregon – each year, ambitious Oregon graduates are among those chasing entry to the Ivy League, Stanford University and other ultra-elite universities. While for some Portland-area teens, the goal of becoming a “distinguished-school […]
Best Colleges compiled data available from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) and Campus Pride's Index Score to map out the most LGBTQ-friendly institutions in the country.
State leaders across higher education, nonprofits and local government are partnering up to subsidize housing and expand access to food as rent prices continue to take off.
Portland State’s Project Rebound is modeled after a program by the same name in California. It aims to provide formerly incarcerated students the resources, academic help and support system they need to build a new future.
About 30% of the schools qualify as minority-serving institutions and nearly half are rural-serving while the counties that RPUs serve have higher needs—such as low education, low employment, and persistent poverty—compared to counties served by other institutions.
A college professor is suing the University of Oregon (UO) for allegedly violating his First Amendment rights after the university’s Division of Equity and Inclusion Twitter account blocked him.
