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The Student News Site of Oregon State University

The Daily Barometer

The Student News Site of Oregon State University

The Daily Barometer

Member of the board of trustees can be seen at their meeting on April 8  in the Horizon Room of the Memorial Union. The board approved a tuition increase for the 2022-23 academic year, though more financial aid will also be offered to students to help with the increased inflation.

Tuition increase offers additional need-based financial aid, upcoming budget to cover inflation costs

Lara Rivera, News Contributor
April 13, 2022

Oregon State University will offer more financial aid to students after approving a tuition increase for the 2022-23 academic year. In a Board of Trustees meeting on April 8, the board approved a tuition...

The “orange book” is a document of over 50 pages that gives a broad overview of the OSU budget on Dec. 21. In recent years, state funding to Oregons public colleges has been decreasing, forcing student tuition to fill in the gaps.

Rising student tuition funds majority of OSU education and general budget

Hayden Lohr, News Contributor
December 23, 2021

Public colleges, including Oregon State University, have received less state funding in recent years, forcing students and families to make up the difference, but many wonder where this increasing tuition...

Acting Oregon State University President Edward Feser presents Enterprise Risk Management via Zoom to the OSU Board of Trustees and Committees on April 1. 

OSU Board of Trustees, Committees discuss public safety, crisis response, tuition raises

Angela Tam, News Contributor
April 2, 2021

The Oregon State University Board of Trustees met Thursday to discuss updates on the university’s public safety and crisis response.Shanon Anderson, OSU’s associate vice president for public safety...

Tuition increase scenarios

OSU tuition rates set to increase in 2018-19 academic year

Joe Wolf, Engagement Editor
March 19, 2018

Three proposals for tuition rates to be decided on by Board of Trustees.Three proposed tuition rates for the next academic year—each of which includes increases for all students—were created by the...

Sherman Bloomer, the director of the Office of Budget and Fiscal Planning, will assemble the Student Budget Advisory Council, with advice from the Provost and Vice President for Finance and Administration.

Student Budget Advisory Council hiring

The Baro Staff
June 5, 2017

New positions give students opportunities to help with university financial decisionsFor those interested in being a part of Oregon State University’s financial budgeting decisions, student positions...

The information in this graphic represents past and proposed total tuition and student fee increases per student based on 12 credit hours for three terms. The tuition rates for the 2017-2018 academic year have yet to be set.

Student protesters delay Board of Trustees’ tuition decision

Tiffani Smith, Jamie Chin News Contributors
March 20, 2017

Friday, a public Board of Trustees meeting held in the Memorial Union Horizon Room was interrupted by protesters, causing the meeting to be adjourned without any votes or decisions made.The meeting was...

With the state of Oregon facing a shortfall, OSU and other public universities may have to make cuts, and or increase revenues.

State budget shortfall could leave OSU in a $100 million hole

Kalib LaChappelle
January 9, 2017

With the Oregon state government facing a significant shortfall, the tight budget may extend to public university students.Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has released her proposed budget for the 2017-2019 biennium,...

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