Portland State is in little risk of losing its accreditation status, but there’s still work to be done, according to multiple sources involved with securing PSU’s accreditation. According to Brian…
Democratizing power at PSU
Portland State is an institution driven and determined by a small cabal of Portland’s business elite dictating policy, direction and the ultimate administration of the university. The creation of PSU’s…
Planned strike for first day of classes averted
Oregon university workers and administrators reach agreement A new contract agreement for Service Employees International Union workers comes after months of negotiations between Oregon Public university workers and administrators. The…
University workers in Oregon may strike in coming weeks
Represented university workers may potentially call for a strike in the coming weeks or months if they cannot reach a contract agreement with university management. There are around 750 of…
Board votes to approve revised tuition increase from 11.11% to 4.97%
The Portland State Board of Trustees voted on June 20 to raise tuition for full-time resident undergraduates by 4.97% for the upcoming 2019–20 biennium. The tuition increase is a reduction…
Hill to Hall June 17–June 21
June 17 All Oregon Public Universities will raise tuition All seven of Oregon’s public universities will be raising their tuition over the 2019–20 school year, with tuition hikes ranging from…
Hill to Hall June 10–June 14
June 10 Four Oregon Public Universities asking for higher tuition University of Oregon, Oregon Institute of Technology, Portland State and Southern Oregon University will defend substantial tuition increases this week…
Revenue Forecast could lead to lower tuition increases
Oregon’s quarterly revenue forecast estimated on May 15 the revenue for 2019–21 to be up by about $737 million. There were also increases in lottery revenue as well as corporate…
Academics stand against Brazilian government
17,000 professors and graduate students, including 11 from Portland State, have signed an open letter addressed to Brazil to protest President Jair Bolsonaro’s announcement that the government would “decentralize investments…