SOU Retrenchment May Affect Local College-Going Rates - Tamara Henderson, the Siskiyou

For those who support the building of a college-going culture in the Rogue Valley, Southern Oregon University’s recent budget woes, retrenchment and proposed changes in governance make the job of encouraging students to go to college that much more difficult. Lifelong educator and resident of Wimer, OR, Linda Hugle says that students and families who don’t see college as a part of their path often have a limited knowledge of the college going process. Hugle explains that when budget and governance concerns are as public as they have been in the past year with Southern Oregon University, it can lead to misinformation. Many of the parents in the school districts where Hugle has served are not college educated. Therefore, there is a limited knowledge about how the college itself and the college-going process works. Hugle believes the lack of knowledge can lead to fears that are not grounded in reality. All of this makes the job of getting more students to college even more challenging than it already was. http://siskiyou.sou.edu/2014/05/25/sou-retrenchment-may-affect-local-college-going-rates/