The finance and administration committee voted to send a budget proposal—including an 11% increase in tuition for resident undergraduate students—to the Board of Trustees for consideration. The Board will vote…
Capitol concerns
Amid Portland State facing a $18 million budget shortfall and a possible tuition increase of 18%, PSU students, faculty and staff gathered on April 16 in Salem to lobby for…
Viking Pavilion fails to prioritize student groups
Despite the Student Fee Committee authorizing $1.5 million in student fees toward the creation of the Viking Pavilion in 2017–18, the price to use the space for events for student…
Budget forum reveals shortcomings in state funding
Students and financial advisors gathered to discuss the lack of state funding and how the new budget will affect potential tuition raises at the last of a series of four…
ASPSU refuses to lobby without tuition freeze commitment
Amid the ongoing budget battle in Salem, the Associated Students of Portland State are refusing to lobby state legislators on behalf of PSU for more money unless the university’s administration…
Less money, more problems
Students and faculty in the midst of looming cuts as state legislators and Portland State administrators struggle to balance competing funding priorities. PSU’s top governmental affairs executive outlined a scenario…