6/20/2011: From Michelle Cole in the Oregonian: Monday is a big day for education policy in the Oregon Legislature. After months of public Education Committee tiffs and behind-the-scenes negotiations, the Joint Ways and Means Committee moved several bills on for floor votes. Many of the proposals would have a lasting…
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6/20/2011: From Franklin Bains: … We’re in a tough spot; the University’s tuition is set to increase by nine percent this fall and public funding to fight the skyrocketing tuition is nowhere to be found. It’s going to take a radical solution to solve the dilemma of decreased public funding…
5/3/2011: From Todd Finklemeyer in the Capital Times: It appears, however, that the faculty senate’s show of support might be too little, too late.“We have learned through visits with key legislators on the Joint Finance Committee on both sides of the aisle that this proposal is not receiving support in…
4/23/2011: This is not going to make it easier for the New Partnership plan. Christen McCurdy in the Lund Report.
4/14/2011: Looks like our croissant loving Chancellor, Dr. George Pernsteiner, has come through for independence. Bill Graves in the Oregonian: A bill that would free Oregon universities from hundreds of state agency regulations and give them more control over their money and operations appears to have all the support it…
4/11/2011: The UO Senate votes Wednesday on endorsing Lariviere’s New Partnership plan. Ian McNeely wrote this last week in the ODE: I have studied the New Partnership in detail, plus the two bills proposed in Salem to enact it. I have asked President Lariviere tough questions about donor influence, public…
3/30/2011: Bill Graves now has a story in the Oregonian. This email from Pres Lariviere is very positive news, though not for this session. Bummer. Lariviere’s letter to Kitzhaber is here, Kitzhaber’s reply is here. Kitzhaber’s bill would abolish OUS and the Chancellor’s office. Details here, page down and follow…
3/26/2011: of the House higher ed subcommittee on the New Partnership plan. From David Sarasohn in the Oregonian: “(UO President) Richard (Lariviere) was really bold in doing what he did there, and people had their toes stepped on,” says Harker, “but he really pushed the conversation in a significant way.”……
3/10/2011: That’s progress. The tuition cap helped. They are still very suspicious of Lariviere. But their reporters have to deal with Liz Denecke and a press office that limits who will talk to them about what, so no wonder.
3/8/2011: The RG has an editorial that reads like a wake for the New Partnership plan: President Richard Lariviere’s proposal to fund the University of Oregon’s operations with a public-private endowment is going nowhere in Salem, even after he offered to include a cap on tuition increases as part of…
3/2/2011: In testimony at the legislature yesterday President Lariviere raised the stakes and then called Pernsteiner’s bluff, adding a 5% in-state tuition cap to his new partnership plan. He can do this because his plan includes a fixed state contribution, large new private donations, and a workable strategy for getting…
3/1/2011: The alumni foundation has a pretty slick website as well. From Inside Oregon: According to the poll’s results, 70 percent of respondents support the creation of dedicated, locally-based governing boards for each of the state’s public universities, as proposed in Senate Bill 559. Also, 71 percent favored allowing universities…
2/28/2011: Doug Kelderman of Insidehighered.com has a long story on the debate there, which involves many of the same issues as in Oregon. Including two competing legislative proposals, one from the state higher ed system, one from UW-Madison.
2/22/2011: Stefan Verbano of the ODE has the most complete description of Kitzhaber’s education reform plan I’ve seen yet. Springfield Schools superintendent Nancy Golden is his adviser: How the governor’s plan will affect the host of higher education bills currently moving through the state legislature has yet to be determined.…
2/9/2011: From a PSU town hall on Pernsteiner’s plan: Despite the objections, Beaverton Democrat Chris Harker, who sits on the House committee giving the bill its first hearings, predicted it has a good chance of passing. “There is real momentum now,” Harker said. “I think we’re going to get it…