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In the realm of economic development, it is vital that we recognize and harness the immense influence that academic institutions wield over the prosperity of states and regions. Oregon's private,…

University of Portland’s Shiley School of Engineering professor Jordyn Wolfand and her students are helping conservation efforts in the Pacific Northwest by partnering with Blue Forest Conservation to assess Oregon’s…

TUALATIN, OR – On behalf of the more than 24,000 students attending Oregon's independent, private, nonprofit colleges and universities, the Oregon Alliance of Independent Colleges and Universities (The Alliance) applauds…

TUALATIN, OR – Oregon’s three higher education organizations, the Oregon Alliance of Independent Colleges & Universities (The Alliance), the Oregon Community College Association (OCCA), and the Oregon Council of Presidents…

TUALATIN, OR – The Oregon Alliance of Independent Colleges & Universities’ (The Alliance) members generated an annual economic impact to the state of Oregon of $3.5 billion during Fiscal Year 2020-21,…

TUALATIN, OR – Since 1953, Portland General Electric and the PGE Foundation have contributed $3.12 million to the Oregon Alliance of Independent Colleges and Universities (The Alliance) and its members.…

TUALATIN, OR – The Oregon Alliance of Independent Colleges and Universities (The Alliance) has signed an operating agreement with Core Education Services, a public benefit corporation on a mission to transform…

TUALATIN, OR – Since 1986, Alaska Airlines has provided an annual in-kind contribution of round trip, main cabin flight vouchers for use by member colleges of the Oregon Alliance of…

TUALATIN – The Oregon Alliance of Independent Colleges and Universities is proud to share that eleven of its member colleges and universities have been included in the 2023 U.S. News…

Nineteenth-century educator Horace Mann famously said, “Education, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the conditions of men, the balance-wheel of the social machinery.” The…