Eastern Oregon University seeks ways to draw more rural students
By Bill Graves, The Oregonian
June 17, 2010, 2:59PM
Oregon university officials are exploring ways to attract more of the state’s rural residents to college. Rural Oregon is poorer, less educated and younger than Urban Oregon, and a declining share of the shrinking rural population is going to college. Full story »
In reversal, West Linn-Wilsonville school board suspends Spanish immersion program
By Nicole Dungca, The Oregonian
June 17, 2010, 2:41PM
While a 3-2 vote at a June 8 board meeting initially saved the program, board chair Jeff Hallin and Keith Steele changed their positions Wednesday, leaving Lori Beight as the sole board member supporter. Full story »