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Enrollment at Oregon’s community colleges fell in 2020
College enrollment is declining across Oregon. Community colleges have been hit the hardest, with an overall 23% enrollment decline, compared to a 3.8% decline across all institutions. This could spell lasting consequences for both the colleges and students.

‘Losing a generation’: Fall college enrollment plummets for 1st-year students
Researchers say the pandemic is largely to blame for this year's drastic enrollment declines, but college-going has also been on a decade-long downward trend.
Supreme Court agrees to hear NCAA athlete compensation case
The Supreme Court has agreed to review a court decision that the NCAA has said blurred “the line between student-athletes and professionals.”
Oregon community colleges concerned about decrease in enrollment for marginalized communities
Community colleges especially have seen major enrollment declines amid the coronavirus pandemic, and higher education officials are especially concerned to see that decrease reflected in students from marginalized communities.

College students struggling with food insecurity urge federal government for help
Some college students say they were overlooked with the government's first stimulus check, and many continue to struggle with needs insecurity during the pandemic.
Western Oregon University announces most classes to remain online for winter term
As with fall term, only a small number of courses will be offered in-person.
Oregon’s higher education officials say impacts on enrollment will be ‘significant and largely negative’
The effects on student enrollment of the coronavirus pandemic and historic wildfires that burned in the Northwest will not be clear or official for several more weeks.
Oregon universities continue to plan for fall term amid the COVID-19 pandemic
Most major, public universities in Oregon are taking a cautious approach — offering mostly online, remote classes this fall.
Will you get a refund if COVID-19 closes your campus? Don’t count on it
Colleges are eager to share their reopening plans as they encourage students to return to campus.

Oregon State University: 150 Years As Oregon's Land-Grant Institution
Since its founding in 1868, Oregon State University's mission has been to be a school for the people of the state, offering research, outreach and instruction to residents in every county.