OUS legislative issue briefs are short (generally 2-page) informational papers on the status of specific topics related to the Oregon University System, for reference by public officials, government and education staff, students, and the general public. Below are issue briefs developed for the 2011 Oregon Legislative Session.

To see additional legislative materials developed by OUS, go to Legislative Testimony 2011. For more information on the OUS Governance Change Proposal, go to the Governance Proposal web page.

• Campuses Serving Regional and Community Needs: EOU, OIT, OSU-Cascades, SOU, WOU
• Capital Construction: Projects and Impacts
• College Pays for Oregonians
• Diversity: Student Success for Oregon's Increasingly Diverse Population
• Dual Credit and Other College Prep Coursework for Oregon High School Students
• Educational Attainment in Oregon, Moving Toward 40-40-20
• Engineering and Technology Industry Council (ETIC)
• Enrollment: Current, Past, and Projected
• Educator Preparation
• Faculty Work
• Governance Change Proposal
• Higher Education and the Oregon Economy
• OIT Wilsonville Expansion
• OSU Business Education Building
• OSU Energy Center
• Performance Compact with the State: OUS Governance Proposal
• PSU's Lincoln Hall: Renovating the past to Transform our future
• Research and Innovation
• Retention and Student Success
• Rural Oregon Higher Education Issues and Outreach
• Senate Bill 242
  • Senate Bill 242 FAQs
• State Board of Higher Education, Responsibilities & Action
• Statewide Public Services at OSU
• Support for Military Veterans Enrolled at Oregon’s Public Universities
• Tuition, Affordability, and Financial Aid (short version)
• Tuition, Affordability, and Financial Aid (long version)
• Tuition Equity, Senate Bill 742
• Undergraduate Student Learning
• Work of the Chancellor's Office: Meeting Statewide Higher Education Goals