The Alliance Distributes $33,000 in CIC/UPS Scholarships to Oregon Private Colleges & Universities
The Alliance has distributed $33,000 in Council of Independent Colleges (CIC)/UPS Scholarships to assist 11 students at private colleges and universities in Oregon. The scholarships were made possible by a…
Gov. Kate Brown Declares July 29-August 2 Oregon Private College Week
On June 4, Governor Kate Brown declared July 29-August 2, 2019, Oregon Private College Week, proclaiming that “Oregon’s private, nonprofit, independent college and universities are vital to Oregon’s goal for…
Wearing protective gear and wielding a chainsaw and shovel, Lily Clarke helped fight wildfires in Bigfork, Montana last summer on the Swan Lake District crew. She dug perimeter trenches around…
The National University of Natural Medicine (NUNM) has completed a 12-volume anthology, entitled The Hevert Collection: In Their Own Words, which presents original writings from the early literature of the…
Oregon Private College Week will be held July 29 - August 2, 2019. Sessions are hosted concurrently each day at 9am and 2pm at 11 of Oregon's private colleges. Each…
Pacific University Ranked Top Private Research University in Pacific Northwest
Research has become increasingly prominent at Pacific over the past decade, both in its robust graduate programs, particularly in the health professions, and at the undergraduate level. According to a…
Out-of-State Freshmen Enrollment at Oregon Private Colleges Increased 7% Between Fall 2006 and Fall 2016
The Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education (WICHE) facilitates resource sharing among the higher education systems of the West. WICHE has responded to trends in discussion among higher education leaders…
Ten Reed College Students Selected to Pursue Projects Overseas
Reed College’s Center for Life Beyond Reed has named ten recipients of its Fellowship for Winter International Travel (FWIT) for 2018. The FWIT offers Reed students a chance to pursue…
Katie Kowal, who double-majored in physics and political science at Lewis & Clark College and graduated in 2017, has been named one of only 32 recipients of the prestigious Rhodes…
November 2018 Update: Upcoming NWCCU Accreditation Evaluations at Alliance Institutions
Please click on the image above to view an updated graphic depicting the upcoming Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU) evaluations at Alliance institutions. Congratulations to the administrators, faculty,…