Innovative Legislation in Oregon

HB 3472 has been passed unanimously by the Oregon Legislature.  It would radically alter how students would pay for college. Called “Pay It Forward”, it would eliminate tuition, fees, and student debt.  Instead, anyone who attended college would be required to pay a smallpercentage of their post-college income as a tax for 24 years (0.75% […]

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State Budget Ensures Fee Freezes!

Massachusetts has taken an important step that should be a model for the rest of the country.  Shortly after the Legislature’s Conference Committee released a budget that incorporates the House’s approach to funding public higher education, the full legislature ratified this by passing the proposed 2013-14 budget. This is great news as it funds our […]

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