A bill introduced to the Oregon House of Representatives last Thursday would require each of Oregon’s public universities and community colleges to keep its resident tuition the same for the next two academic years.
Last spring, University of Oregon seniors Eli Ackerman and Adrian Martushev teamed up after noticing a disconnect between students and available, affordable tutors. Ackerman was looking for a tutor for a business administration class when he met Martushev, a math tutor.
The beginning of a school term often means another round of financial stress on college students. Textbooks, calculators and other course materials regularly put a strain on students that their financial aid might not cover.
Salaries, healthcare and the cost of living are all at issue as the University of Oregon renegotiates its contract with the GTFF, the union which represents the university’s 1,500 graduate employees. The current contract between the two parties expires at the end of March.
In a unanimous vote early this afternoon, the University of Oregon board of trustees approved a plan to increase mandatory fees and tuition for graduate and nonresident undergraduate students.
The Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation took issue with a portion of a proposed University Senate policy that compared a graduate employee strike to an unpreventable natural disaster at the Senate’s last meeting on Feb. 13.
Many college students’ experiences include taking a university-level math course. Whether it’s getting through the minimum requirements for a bachelor of science or extensive classes for a mathematics major, University of Oregon students will find themselves pouring over math books and frant…
International student enrollment at the University of Oregon dropped for the third year in a row, following a national trend of decreasing numbers of international students in the U.S. for the past two years.
Students have learned to adapt to increases in tuition as the university tries to pay for rising university costs and projects, and students have been struggling to keep up with the cost, which has risen 87 percent in the last 10 years.
Roosevelt High School, located in Portland, has a population of students that has been exposed to trauma such as domestic violence that make it hard for them to focus in class.
The University Senate passed a policy at its meeting on Jan. 30 that unites all departments within the university under a common set of requirements for awarding honors to students.
Doubt and frustration were on the minds of some students who attended a tuition forum on Monday night hosted by University of Oregon President Michael Schill. About 20 students attended the forum, which was designed for students to express their comments about a proposed tuition increase.
Most of the University of Oregon’s graduate programs will likely see higher tuition next academic year after the Tuition and Fees Advisory Board recommended a slate of departmental proposals alongside its nonresident undergraduate tuition proposal earlier this month.
Three University of Oregon professors associated with the university’s Portland architecture program are suing UO and College of Design Dean Christoph Lindner for just under $4.3 million, alleging that Lindner and the university engaged in age discrimination and retaliation as well as breach…
Registering for classes, making appointments with advisors and conducting research at the University of Oregon are just some of the many challenges students face each day.
For many students, taking a math class is something more than just a hassle. Math classes can cause things like anxiety and a mental shutdown that lasts longer than the course — it can become the deciding factor in a student’s choice of major or career path. This math-induced anxiety can dev…
On any given day at the University of Oregon, about half of all students and faculty come to campus under the umbrella of the College of Arts and Sciences. CAS, which includes majors ranging from biology and physics to romance languages and creative writing, could undergo a major reorganizat…
About 100 students filled the EMU’s Redwood Auditorium on Tuesday to share their concerns with University of Oregon leaders about next year’s tuition. After a presentation about the outlook of the university’s finances, students broke into groups to speak to members of the Tuition and Fee Ad…
An October 2018 report by the American Institute of Physics found that the University of Oregon awarded the most physics masters degrees in the country during the 2016-2017 school year. A large portion of those degrees are attributed to the Master’s Industrial Internship Program — an interdi…
University of Oregon President Michael Schill delivered his state of the university address at the City Club of Eugene on Friday and touched on topics from academic research and teaching to funding higher education in the state.
As technology changes, higher education changes with it. Part of that change is seen in the way students access their textbooks, with more and more required texts coming in electronic forms.
The University of Oregon Faculty Senate spent fall term preparing for its busy winter and spring quarters.
Shelia Diaz-Gutierrez wanted to be the first in her family to attend college.
Oregon women’s basketball, men’s basketball and track and field were given NCAA penalties after committing violations, the NCAA announced on Wednesday.
So you tanked a midterm. Maybe it was a test that you studied hard for but surprisingly didn’t do well on, or maybe it was a presentation that you had little preparation for and crammed last minute. Either way, when the grades get posted, your self-confidence is down, anger may bubble inside…
So you tanked a midterm. Maybe it was a test that you studied hard for but surprisingly didn’t do well on, or maybe it was a presentation that you had little preparation for and crammed last minute. Either way, when the grades get posted, your self-confidence is down, anger may bubble inside…
The Chilling Effect
Long before actor Danny Glover was starring in blockbuster movies like “Sorry To Bother You,” he was a student activist at San Francisco State University where the first ever college Black Studies department in the United States was formed.
The University of Oregon class of 2022 is eight percentage points larger than last year’s incoming class, with 4,203 students as of Sept. 24, according to Vice President of Student Services and Enrollment Management Dr. Roger Thompson.
On Monday, Jayanth Banavar, University of Oregon Provost and Senior Vice President, announced his appointment of Bruce Blonigen as interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS).
As students glance over their syllabus while standing between the shelves of the UO Duck Store, they might notice that the name of their professor seems eerily similar to the name on their required books list.
Gabe Paquette said he has always resisted choosing between his various academic passions. A history professor by trade, the new dean of the Robert D. Clark Honors College has spent time studying philosophy, government, biology and multiple foreign languages. So when he heard the Honors Colle…
Geography professor Andrew Marcus will be stepping down as the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences in December, according to an announcement addressed to University of Oregon community members by UO Provost Jayanth Banavar on Aug. 17. UO will conduct a national search for a new dean.
The dance department in the University of Oregon School of Music and Dance has suspended its graduate dance program, and administrators say that they do not know when the program will return.
Among many other changes, including the new Tykeson Hall and demolition of Hayward Field, University of Oregon students can expect to a new lab in the Knight Library for faculty, graduate educators and students doing research projects and pedagogical work.
In a lecture full of university students, political science professor and department head Craig Parsons occasionally needs to talk about Fascism, and even explain the ways Hitler inspired a country during World War II. In order to do so, he acts as if he sympathizes with fascism during a cla…
The Northwest Indian Language Institute, or NILI, has finished up its 21st summer institute this week. Started in 1997 as a request by local tribes as a way to help local Native American communities teach their indigenous languages, NILI hosts a two-week on-campus institute that teaches clas…
Approximately 40 of this year’s graduating seniors will be receiving the legal studies minor, a program offered through the University of Oregon Law School for the first time this year.
“Congratulations on your admission to the University of Oregon! I am a part of the Flight Crew which is a group of current students that are here to help you transition to the University of Oregon. I’m here to answer any questions you might have.”
The University Senate unanimously elected Elizabeth Skowron as its new vice president and awarded faculty, staff and students for serving the university community at its last meeting of the academic year.
The University of Oregon is planning to increase its student body by 3,000 students over the course of eight years in order to increase tuition revenue to cover a $16.7 million deficit in the university budget.
Over the last week, at least six University of Oregon students received emails through their Uoregon accounts attempting to scam them.
Imagine being able to schedule an appointment with an academic advisor, discover personalized events on campus that cater to your interests and sync your class schedule to your phone’s calendar – all through the tap of a button.
The University Senate voted to change course evaluations and create a task force for evaluating differential tuition at its meeting Wednesday.
The University Senate voted to change the multicultural requirement for students at the University of Oregon at its meeting Wednesday afternoon.
The University of Oregon launched the Center for Big Learning on campus, giving UO access to a broad network across the country of computer science research institutions and increasing research opportunities for graduate students at UO.
The University of Oregon is changing course evaluations to make them more useful and eliminate implicit bias. The changes, if approved, will remove the number-based rating systems that are in place and replace them with more specific questions that require written answers.
If you are an honors-bound student majoring in business, general social sciences, romance languages or chemistry, your requirement for departmental honors just got harder.
The University of Oregon is in the process of hiring an associate vice provost for online and distance education. The position is new and part of UO’s effort to better coordinate and support online education.
In a massive move towards becoming more competitive in university research, the University of Oregon has put its faith in the Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation, or OVPRI.
