Over half the room silently rose to their feet, their hands joined and raised up to the ceiling, at the moment Oregon’s tuition equity bill passed through the State of Oregon’s House last Friday. University of Oregon student Tania Sarabia was among those standing. Along with other members of the UO’s Chicano student group, MEChA, [...]

House Bill 2221, which was signed into law on June 16, creates the Oregon Roadmap to Language Excellence Scholarship, a $2,000 award from the Oregon Student Assistance Commission.

Oregon’s legislature passes a higher education budget that cuts spending by 17 percent.