The Issues of Higher Education for Oregon State University
Oregon State University is the state’s leading public research university, the state’s Land Grant university, and one of only two universities in the U.S. to have Sea Grant, Space Grant and Sun Grant designations. Oregon State University is also the only university in Oregon to hold both the Carnegie Foundation’s top designation for research institutions and its prestigious Community Engagement classification.
But this tells us where OSU has been, not where it’s going. The Beaver Caucus is a group dedicated to lifting our beloved university to even greater heights. To do that, Oregon needs to invest in its institutions of higher education. It’s up to OSU alumni and friends to hold them accountable to this goal.
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Top Issues
Public University Support Fund (PUSF) and Oregon Opportunity Grant (OOG)
An additional investment of $150M in the Public University Support Fund (PUSF) for a total of $1050M will help OSU and...
Reinvest in the OSU Statewide Public Service Programs
OSU’s statewide service programs, including the Extension Service, Agriculture Experiment Stations and Forest Research...
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Expanding and Modernizing OSU’s Campus
Continued Expansion of OSU Cascades In September 2016, Oregon State University celebrated the grand opening of OSU...
Investing in Research and OSU Statewides
Developing a University Research Fighting Fund Fulfillment of funding for research infrastructure and developing a...
Future of Oregon innovation is in lawmakers’ hands
Since 2007, the University Venture Development Fund (UVDF) has helped to convert the research conducted at Oregon’s...
Sustainable Investing for the Future of OSU
When the Oregon State Legislature passed the bill that gave Oregon’s public universities the ability to govern...
Boosting Homegrown Innovation
In 2005, the Oregon State Legislature passed an innovative bill to create seed funding for university-based...
Keeping Our Students on Track for Graduation
Nearly 10 years ago, the Oregon State Legislature began divesting from higher education. The recession that took so...