Higher Education

The University of Oregon is expanding its reach in Portland with a newly renovated campus. But the milestone comes as UO navigates an uncertain financial future.

A new law signed this week allows eligible asylum seekers to receive resident tuition rates at Oregon’s public universities. This comes as the Trump administration is taking a harder line on immigrants and international students.

Oregon’s 55 programs are supported by the nonprofit Oregon TRIO Association, which is a structure that’s unique in the nation.

Students and faculty worry proposed cuts to the school’s College of Arts and Sciences will gut the heart of the university.

We hear what TRIO means for Oregonians from the executive director of Oregon TRIO Association, Matt Bisek, and Oregon State University student Brianna Eck.

More than 150 AmeriCorps volunteers in Oregon are in limbo this week, waiting to see if their federally-funded programs will continue to exist.

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.

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.

We'll hear more about student demands and how ICE actions are changing the mood on campus.

The president's comments came after the administration froze $2 billion in federal grants for Harvard after the university rejected what it saw as illegal government demands.