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How the Senate reconciliation bill could impact Oregon college students
Oregon’s graduate students and student loan borrowers have the most to lose in the Senate’s version of the federal reconciliation bill.

Sports
Pac-12 adds Texas State to get the 8th football program it needed to remain an FBS conference
Texas State is joining the Pac-12, giving the rebuilding conference the eighth football-playing school it needed to maintain its status as an FBS conference.

Education
Oregon college students face political headwinds — again — as they seek help in Salem for costs beyond tuition
For the third straight year, student basic needs advocates are trying to convince state lawmakers to pump more funding into aid that helps students pay for housing, food, textbooks and other college-related costs.

Education
Trump administration bars Harvard from enrolling foreign students
The Trump administration revoked Harvard University's ability to enroll international students, citing an unsafe campus environment and allegations of coordinating with the Chinese Communist Party.

Higher education
Trump proposes cutting TRIO program that helps 12,000 low-income, disadvantaged Oregon students
Oregon’s 55 programs are supported by the nonprofit Oregon TRIO Association, which is a structure that’s unique in the nation.

Undergrad tuition to rise again at all Oregon’s public universities, up nearly 30% from a decade ago
The state’s seven public universities — Eastern Oregon University, Oregon State University, Oregon Institute of Technology, Portland State University, Southern Oregon University, University of Oregon and Western Oregon University — are all slated to raise tuition by 3% to 5% for the 2025-26 school year.

Oregon weighs expanding Indigenous student grants as colleges face federal funding threats
As the Trump administration looks to ban diversity, equity and inclusion efforts at colleges and universities, an Oregon grant program for tribal communities grows in demand.

Education
Oregon college presidents join national condemnation of federal pressure on higher education
A week after Harvard University refused to comply with Trump administration demands, the presidents of Lewis & Clark College, Willamette University and Reed College are denouncing the cascade of federal actions that have thrown higher education institutions nationwide into financial uncertainty.

Education
Western Oregon University becomes federally recognized Hispanic-serving institution
The designation opens Western up to more federal funding. But it also comes as the Trump administration looks to cut back on programs it deems as race-based.

Education
Trump officials tell Oregon undocumented college students can no longer access TRIO programs
Colleges and universities in Oregon and California can no longer allow students without permanent legal status access to some federally funded programs meant to help disadvantaged students earn degrees, according to a recent decision from the U.S. Department of Education.