Meerah Powell
Reporter & Producer | OPBMeerah Powell is a general assignment and breaking news reporter for OPB. She previously worked as a news reporter and podcast producer for Eugene Weekly in her hometown of Eugene, Oregon. Along with writing and audio work, Meerah also has experience with photography and videography. She graduated from the University of Oregon's School of Journalism and Communication.
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All of Oregon鈥檚 public universities will maintain in-person learning. Some private institutions enact new requirements -
The navigators will work in a statewide consortium to help students access aid. -
Although enrollment only fell slightly at Oregon鈥檚 community colleges this year, compared to 2019 it鈥檚 down nearly 24%. -
That includes a 14% increase in students enrolled in its online 鈥楨campus鈥� -
Some universities located in more rural areas are seeing a larger percentage of allowable vaccine exemptions but, they say campus is still one of the safest places. -
For some 2020 high school graduates who didn鈥檛 go straight to college last year, the uncertainty of the pandemic is still looming this year. -
Many school districts spoke about a loss of "local control" when Brown announced the indoor mask mandate for K-12 schools late last month. -
Both the state's public universities and community colleges initially were slated to receive at least $60 million less than their requested goals. -
Oregon Tech and Eastern Oregon University were the last two universities to announce the requirement. -
OSU is the first Oregon public university to make this decision. -
The university filed a petition asking for the state agency to declare the strike unlawful last week. -
OIT鈥檚 faculty union has declared its intent to strike. The university says the union has not acted in good faith.
