Oregon University System

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The Oregon University System was the former statewide public higher education system that oversaw Oregon’s seven public universities until it was dissolved in the mid-2010s.


Statements (46)
Predicate Object
instanceOf statewide public higher education system
affiliation Oregon public universities
appliesToJurisdiction State of Oregon
budgetSource State of Oregon appropriations
tuition and fees from member universities
country United States
dissolutionCause restructuring of Oregon public universities governance
dissolvedIn 2015
mid-2010s
educationSystemType four-year public university system
field higher education
governanceModel centralized state university system
governedBy Oregon State Board of Higher Education
hasPart Eastern Oregon University
Oregon Institute of Technology
Oregon State University
Portland State University
Southern Oregon University
University of Oregon
Western Oregon University
hasWebsite ous.edu
headquartersLocation Eugene, Oregon
languageOfWorkOrName English
legalForm public agency
location Oregon
mainFunction budget oversight for Oregon public universities
coordination of Oregon public universities
systemwide academic policy
numberOfUniversities 7
operatedBy State of Oregon
operationalStatus dissolved
ownedBy State of Oregon
parentOrganization Oregon State Board of Higher Education
regulates systemwide academic standards for member universities
replacedBy Oregon Higher Education Coordinating Commission
institutional governing boards of Oregon public universities
sector public
serviceArea statewide
shortName OUS
statusAfter2015 functions distributed to individual university boards and state coordinating bodies
studentsServed tens of thousands of students per year
subclassOf public university system
state agency of Oregon
supervised public universities in Oregon
timePeriod 20th century
early 21st century

Referenced by (5)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Oregon Health & Science University ("Oregon University System (historical)")
affiliation
Oregon State Board of Higher Education
governs
Vanport Extension Center ("Oregon State System of Higher Education")
operatedBy
Oregon State Board of Higher Education
partOf
Eastern Oregon University ("Oregon public university system (historical)")
systemMembership

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