Community College

Greg Pereira from Arizona's Rio Salado College is set to start his new job with the school on July 1.

Despite significant roadblocks to federal student aid, more Oregonians signed up for post-secondary education this fall. Community college students are driving the enrollment boost.

Initial returns show local school measures passing in Tigard-Tualatin, Falls City, Redmond and for Columbia Gorge Community College. But elsewhere in Oregon, voters largely rejected taxes for schools.

People incarcerated at the Deer Ridge Correctional Institution are among the first prisoners in the nation to be eligible to receive federal Pell Grants.

Founded in 2014, the Jade International Night Market experienced a three-year hiatus due to COVID-19, but it reopened in 2023. This year, it will be held on Saturday from 3-10 p.m. at the Southeast campus of Portland Community College.

The proposed bond would fund a handful of different projects at the college’s Jackson and Josephine county campuses. Some of these include providing more resources to existing manufacturing, welding and nursing programs,

PCC is preparing to launch a new program this fall aimed at supporting more students who are the first in their families to attend college.

The Oregon Department of Corrections offers a variety of educational opportunities at its facilities. But state prisons that offer an associate or bachelor's degree are more rare.

Community college enrollment has been declining in Oregon for the past decade, but in recent years it's started to tick upward with an influx of high school students. At five of Oregon’s 17 community colleges, teens made up 20% or more of their enrollment.

The South Beach neighborhood is now home to the Oregon Coast Aquarium, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Pacific fleet, Oregon Coast Community College and more. Still, local business owners are split on how much they’re benefiting.