The Secretary of State’s Office said the commission in charge of Oregon’s 17 community colleges needs to improve student achievement and access.
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Oregon’s overreliance on tuition to cover rising college costs hurts the economy, report finds
Oregon students pay disproportionately high tuition, hindering enrollment and depriving the economy of trained professionals in key sectors.
With new ag complex, Chemeketa sets sights recruiting high school agriculture students
The Agriculture Complex at Chemeketa Community College on Nov. 3, 2021 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Every summer, Jared Hibbard-Swanson helps a few dozen middle and high schoolers farm a 6-acre plot in northeast Salem. The Marion Polk Food Share’s youth farm provides free boxes of local organic produce to about 120[Read More…]
Chemeketa plans to resume classes in the fall, anxious if students will return
Chemeketa Community College on Thursday, April 16, 2020. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) One year ago, Chemeketa Community College instructors and staff moved more than 1,600 scheduled courses online with just two weeks’ notice. But about 2,000 students opted not to follow. So far, they haven’t come back. College President Jessica Howard[Read More…]
New diesel mechanic program at Chemeketa aims to put students in hard-to-fill jobs
Diesel mechanic student Roman Hovey scrapes gaskets on an oil pan during a lab at Chemeketa Community College on Jan. 27 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Kevin Ruby’s first car was a Volkswagen Rabbit with a diesel engine that didn’t run. His father gifted him the car for his 15th birthday, Ruby[Read More…]
Chemeketa loses contract for inmate GED classes as state moves teaching in-house
Oregon State Correctional Institution. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Chemeketa Community College will soon be out of the business of helping inmates in local prisons finish high school. The Oregon Corrections Department on Friday turned down an offer from Chemeketa and five other community colleges to reshape in-prison schooling to cut costs.[Read More…]
Chemeketa lays off part-time workers, offers retirement incentives to cut costs
Chemeketa Community College on Thursday, April 16. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Chemeketa Community College has laid off 250 part-time and student workers and is offering retirement incentives to others to trim spending for the coming year. More steps will likely be needed to balance the college’s budget for the 2020-21 because[Read More…]
Chemeketa board unanimously raises tuition for fifth year in a row
The Chemeketa Community College Board of Education at a Feb. 26, 2020 meeting (Taylor Wynia/Special to Salem Reporter) The Chemeketa Community College board of education voted in favor of a tuition increase for the fifth year in a row Wednesday night. For the 2020–21 school year, students will now pay[Read More…]
Chemeketa board considers $11 per credit tuition increase to balance budget next year
Chemeketa Community College (File/Salem Reporter) The Chemeketa Community College Board of Education is considering a tuition increase that would raise the cost of a year of school for a full-time student by about $500. Board members will vote Wednesday evening on an increase of $11 per credit – a $4[Read More…]
Chemeketa hits lowest number of students in more than a decade
Chemeketa Community College (File/Salem Reporter) Enrollment at Chemeketa Community College is the lowest it’s been in over a decade, with 625 fewer students this fall than compared to last year. Nearly 11,900 students were taking a course at Chemeketa the fourth week of fall quarter, according to state data released[Read More…]
