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When Southern Californians are the Out-of-State Students

Byuclafaculty

…as much as we enjoy your tuition. Inside Higher Ed today has an article about Southern California students attending the U of Oregon.  The idea of attracting out-of-state students who pay full freight (and thus subsidize in-state students) is hardly unique to UC.  UO is doing the same thing.  And some folks are saying that the Southern Californians recruited by UO are not serious academics.  You can find the posting at:http://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2012/11/12/scrutiny-californians-u-oregon If you go to that post, you will find a link to a longer article about those Southern Californians: SoCal students and other out-of-staters come from families who can…

University Autonomy Issue in Oregon

Byuclafaculty

The current budget crisis seems to be pushing university system and campuses to press for more autonomy. Earlier posts on this blog have noted developments at the University of Wisconsin. Below is an excerpt of a report from the U of Oregon: From Inside Higher Ed today: …Governor John Kitzhaber and the president of the University of Oregon, Richard Lariviere, agreed Tuesday that the university would postpone for a year its push for legislation that would give it a new financing stream and an independent governing board separate and apart from the existing State Board of Higher Education. Under the…