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Tag: Oregon State University
Opinion
Oregon is Finally Counting Student Parents. Other States Should Follow.
The only way many colleges have a sense of how many student parents attend is based on FAFSA, the financial aid form students fill out that asks whether they have any dependents. But some students don’t file a FAFSA or report their children as dependents, for a variety of reasons, resulting in an underestimate of the student parent population. Thus, even NCES data may underestimate the number of student parents, and is unlikely to capture many who are “acting as a parent” but are not the biological parents of the children that they care for.
June 7, 2021
News Roundup
Oregon State University President Dr. F. King Alexander Resigns
Oregon State University President Dr. F. King Alexander has resigned from his post, effective April 1. Alexander has been the subject of criticism recently after the release of a report – known as the Husch Blackwell report – alleged that while he was president of Louisiana State University, he mishandled Title IX matters. Board of […]
March 23, 2021
News Roundup
Oregon State University President F. King Alexander Put on Probation Amid Report Citing Title IX Mishandling
The Oregon State University Board of Trustees has put President Dr. F. King Alexander on probation through June 1, 2021, and will conduct an evaluation designed “to help inform his success,” according to a statement from board chair Rani Borkar. This follows a report – known as the Husch Blackwell report – that Louisiana State […]
March 18, 2021
News Roundup
Oregon State University Faculty Union Questions Board of Trustees About President Alexander’s Hiring
Oregon State University’s faculty union is asking the school’s Board of Trustees for more information about the hiring of OSU President Dr. F. King Alexander, amid a report that Louisiana State University failed to act on Title IX compliance recommendations during Alexander’s tenure as president there, The Oregonian reported. In a March 10 letter to […]
March 12, 2021
News Roundup
Oregon Universities Will No Longer Call Sports Rivalry ‘Civil War’
The University of Oregon and Oregon State University have agreed to no longer refer to the sporting rivalry between them as a “Civil War” to remove any association with the conflict that pitched supporters of slavery against abolitionists. The decision will go into effect immediately and will apply to all athletic competitions in the 2020-21 […]
June 29, 2020
Students
Universities Plan Fall Initiatives to Address Systemic Racism and Police Brutality
As protests continue across the nation after the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and other Black Americans at the hands of police officers, universities are analyzing their own biases and implementing initiatives and conversations on campus for the fall semester to address systemic racism and police brutality.
June 12, 2020
African-American
Dr. Pellom McDaniels, NFL Veteran and Emory Professor, Dies at 52
Dr. Pellom McDaniels III, a National Football League (NFL) veteran and assistant professor of African American Studies at Emory University, died Sunday in Atlanta, reported Oregon Live. He was 52. McDaniels began his athletic and academic career at Oregon State University where he earned accolades playing as a defensive lineman, said a statement on Emory’s […]
April 21, 2020
COVID-19
U of Oregon to Lay Off at Least 282 Employees Due to Coronavirus Losses
The University of Oregon said Monday it will lay off at least 282 employees, mainly because of revenue loss from student lodging and food service following the closure of campuses due to the coronavirus pandemic, reported Oregon Live. Other universities in the state are also considering various kinds of cost tightening, as Oregon’s public colleges […]
April 14, 2020
News Roundup
Oregon’s Public Universities Won’t Require SAT or ACT Starting Fall 2021
Oregon’s seven public universities and Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) announced Wednesday that they won’t require freshman applicants to submit SAT or ACT scores to be considered for admission, starting with the fall term of 2021. The change will be applicable to students seeking admission to Eastern Oregon University, Portland State University, Oregon State […]
March 25, 2020
Students
Study Finds Marijuana Use Increase Among College Students in Legalized States
A recent study by Oregon State University found that college student’s use of marijuana have increased within legalized states. According the survey, students in legalized marijuana states were 18% more likely to use marijuana in the past 30 days over students in states that have not legalized the drug. Additionally, the students were also 17% […]
January 13, 2020
News Roundup
Harriet B. Nembhard Named Dean of College of Engineering at University of Iowa
Dr. Harriet B. Nembhard has been appointed dean of the University of Iowa’s College of Engineering. Currently head of the School of Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at Oregon State University, Nembhard will oversee six different departments, $50 million in annual research expenditure, 2,400 students and 250 faculty while at UI. Nembhard holds a bachelor’s […]
December 18, 2019
News Roundup
Dr. F. King Alexander Named Next President of Oregon State University
Dr. F. King Alexander has been unanimously appointed Oregon State University’s (OSU) next president by the school’s board of trustees. Most recently the president and chancellor of Louisiana State University (LSU), Alexander has past presidential experience at Murray State University in Kentucky and California State University Long Beach where he was twice awarded “CSU president […]
December 16, 2019
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