Oregon higher education stands to get powerful new overseer
Source: oregonlive.com Posted By: Bailey C...4033 days ago
Higher education in Oregon is about to get a new boss, and what the heck do you think they're planning to call the new board that would control public universities, community colleges and college financial aid?
Say goodbye to a powerful State Board of Higher Education and hello to a much-more-powerful Higher Education Coordinating Commission, or HECC, referred to in a way that sounds like "the heck."
The House Higher Education Committee and Gov. John Kitzhaber's education adviser, Ben Cannon,....