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Jane Vaughan/JPRSOU has suffered a series of financial crises in recent years. This latest is a collision of multiple factors, including what President Rick Bailey calls inadequate state support and Trump administration actions that will slash funding for students. -
Erik Neumann/JPRSOU’s current budget is about $71 million, but President Rick Bailey says they need to work toward a $60 million budget.
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The senior housing project is meant to generate revenue for the university and inspire lifelong learning among older adults. -
Governor Tina Kotek was an unexpected speaker at Southern Oregon University’s 99th commencement ceremony on Saturday. -
Southern Oregon University may have to cut programs and up to 35 positions to fill a budget deficit, as the school expects to receive less money from the state than expected. -
Undergrad tuition to rise again at all Oregon’s public universities, up nearly 30% from a decade agoThe rising cost of college is being driven by labor costs, inflation and historic disinvestment in higher education by the Oregon Legislature. -
A group of men at Southern Oregon University hopes the frat will help increase the university’s enrollment and provide more social opportunities for students. -
Dramatic shifts in federal policy are leaving universities wondering how to respond while maintaining their role as a nonpartisan educational institution. -
Holocaust survivor, Felicia Lubliner felt driven to remind us that the millions who perished were not defined by their deaths but by their lives-their joys, dreams, loves. -
JPR’s Vanessa Finney discusses “Only Hope: A Survivor’s Stories of the Holocaust” with book editor Irving Lubliner, director Liisa Ivary, and Christine Williams, who narrates the audiobook and stars in the play. -
Oregon Tech saw enrollment go up, but SOU's numbers fell, though less than expected.
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Administrators are forecasting a 6% enrollment decline, though official numbers won’t be finalized until October or November. -
On Friday, an audience gathered in the SOU Music Recital Hall to hear the bright, occasionally haunting tones of the university’s pipe organ on its 50th birthday. -
Southern Oregon University is expecting a smaller freshman class than in years past.
