URGENT Assignment - 8-10 Hours
State Governance Structure: Oregon
By: Reid Kline
Higher Education Coordinating Commission (HECC)
Coordinating Board
Decentralized structure appointed by the Governor
Established in 2011, HECC is a 14-member volunteer commission (HECC, 2017)
Community Colleges
Locally-elected board (Outcomes-Based Funding Equity Toolkit, 2018)
Central Oregon Community College Board of Directors
Southwest Oregon Community College Board of Trustees
4-Year Public Institutions
Board appointed by governor (Outcomes-Based Funding Equity Toolkit, 2018)
Oregon State University Board of Trustees
Eastern Oregon University Board of Trustees
(Statewide Higher Education Snapshots, 2020)
Overall structure:
17 Community Colleges
7 4-Year Public Universities
(HECC, 2017)
References
Cannon, Ben. Introduction to Oregon Higher Education. Higher Education Coordinating Commission, 2 Feb. 2017, www.oregon.gov/highered/research/Documents/Legislative/Higher-Ed-Intro-Structure-FINALv2-web.pdf.
“Outcomes-Based Funding Equity Toolkit: M1.5 Oreon State Profile.” Obfequity, Nov. 2018, www.obfequitytoolkit.org/m1-5-oregon-state-profile.
“Statewide Higher Education Snapshots.” State of Oregon: Research, 2020, www.oregon.gov/highered/research/Pages/snapshots.aspx.