Recommended Reading: April 2015 Higher Ed Reporting

National:

• Two years after signing of landmark law, Oregon awaits innovative free tuition plan (salon.com) 
• Student-Loan Default Rates Are Easily Gamed. Here's a Better Measure. (chronicle.com)

Local:

• Oregon State University board approves tuition increase (statesmanjournal.com)
• Oregon State University board approves tuition increase (katu.com)
• Education groups meet privately to hammer out fate of governor's board (katu.com)
• Culture shift yields support for career-based education (statesmanjournal.com)
• Oregon’s fifth-year education funding debated (heraldandnews.com)
• Editorial: Don’t forget funding for higher education (bendbulletin.com)
• Higher ed commission asking for $143 million for Opportunity Grant (statesmanjournal.com)
• Balancing the budget (argusobserver.com)
• Top 3 things to know about the Legislature (statesmanjournal.com)
• Does Oregon spend enough on schools? (statesmanjournal.com)
• Brown committed to Kitzhaber's early education package (statesmanjournal.com)
• Outcome-based college funding doing its job (registerguard.com)
• Kate Brown says she'll wrestle lawmakers over cash for Kitzhaber education plan (oregonlive.com)
• Oregon makes advance toward education goal (heraldandnews.com)
• The Numbers Add Up To This: Less And Less Opportunity For Poor Kids (opb.org)

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