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Efforts to define the perfect education model underway
Governor hopes to find a suitable equation to funding Oregon's postsecondary education
Aleks Cherednichenko
Issue date: 9/28/07 Section: News
President Ed Ray has been named chair of the Oregon-based Postsecondary Quality Education Commission, created by Gov. Ted Kulongoski through Executive Order 07-13, in late August. In addition to establishing said commission, Kulongoski signed an executive order directing the state to update the methodology for developing funding needs for community colleges.
Many students may be aware of the OSU degree partnership program with Linn Benton Community College. The university has similar partnerships set up with 15 other community colleges around the state. Such willingness to cooperate with other learning institutions may be the reason why Kulongoski decided to appoint Ray as chair of the PQE commission, Ray said.
The commission has been charged with developing a postsecondary quality-education model, or data to inform the governor of the necessities of offering quality postsecondary education in Oregon.
"We're going to try to look at what should be the attributes of a college graduate and how do we help students achieve the ideal," Ray said. The commission's members, which have yet to be selected, will be charged with determining what resources and amenities the state of Oregon needs to provide to college students.
"As a system, what is it that we need from the state?" Ray said. "These are just some of the issues we're probably going to tackle."
One of the provisions of the executive order states that the commission must communicate with stakeholders the development of the education model. Ray explained that no doubt the main stakeholders in this project would be students.
"Student voices are always important to hear," he said.
The commission will also have to identify key values of postsecondary education in Oregon including education quality, access to education, student success, professional compensation, research, service, innovation, technical/career and adult basic education, as stated in the executive order.
"The commission needs to be able to articulate what is quality postsecondary education," said Rem Nivens, deputy communications director for Gov. Kulongoski's office. "With the priority given to the subject by the governor, [forming the commission] seemed like a natural step," he said.
The commission is expected to provide Kulongoski with their data before the 2009 legislative session. The tentative deadline for research has been set as Dec, 2008
Aleks Cherednichenko, news editor
news@dailybarometer.com, 737-2231
Many students may be aware of the OSU degree partnership program with Linn Benton Community College. The university has similar partnerships set up with 15 other community colleges around the state. Such willingness to cooperate with other learning institutions may be the reason why Kulongoski decided to appoint Ray as chair of the PQE commission, Ray said.
The commission has been charged with developing a postsecondary quality-education model, or data to inform the governor of the necessities of offering quality postsecondary education in Oregon.
"We're going to try to look at what should be the attributes of a college graduate and how do we help students achieve the ideal," Ray said. The commission's members, which have yet to be selected, will be charged with determining what resources and amenities the state of Oregon needs to provide to college students.
"As a system, what is it that we need from the state?" Ray said. "These are just some of the issues we're probably going to tackle."
One of the provisions of the executive order states that the commission must communicate with stakeholders the development of the education model. Ray explained that no doubt the main stakeholders in this project would be students.
"Student voices are always important to hear," he said.
The commission will also have to identify key values of postsecondary education in Oregon including education quality, access to education, student success, professional compensation, research, service, innovation, technical/career and adult basic education, as stated in the executive order.
"The commission needs to be able to articulate what is quality postsecondary education," said Rem Nivens, deputy communications director for Gov. Kulongoski's office. "With the priority given to the subject by the governor, [forming the commission] seemed like a natural step," he said.
The commission is expected to provide Kulongoski with their data before the 2009 legislative session. The tentative deadline for research has been set as Dec, 2008
Aleks Cherednichenko, news editor
news@dailybarometer.com, 737-2231
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