LEARNING SUPPORTS

Many supports are available to help you achieve your educational goals. These include: information about how to finance an education through scholarships, grants, work-study, loans, etc.; career information; how to obtain credit for prior learning for adult learners; and how to transfer credit for individuals moving among different colleges/universities. The following links provide information on these topics.

FINANCING AN EDUCATION

• Oregon Student Assistance Commission  (Administers a variety of State of Oregon, federal, and privately funded student financial aid programs for the benefit of Oregonians attending institutions of postsecondary education.) Each postsecondary institution provides specific information about the availability and use of financial aid at that campus. Access individual campuses through the following links:
  • 4-Year Public and Private Colleges/Universities
  • 2-Year Public and Private Colleges

CAREER INFORMATION

• State of Oregon Job Information. Search all currently open positions with Oregon state government agencies; application forms; internship opportunities.
• Oregon Career Information System  (CIS) Comprehensive career information for career planners of all ages.
• Return on Investments: Employment Five and Ten Years Later: Survey of Advanced Degree Completers of 1986-1991, Report prepared for the Oregon State Board of Higher Education, (minutes) February 1997.

CREDIT FOR PRIOR LEARNING

• Eastern Oregon University Division of Distance Education
• Marylhurst University
• Community Colleges provide credit for prior learning. Contact individual colleges for information.

TRANSFERRING CREDITS

• Associate of Arts Oregon Transfer Degree Requirements (AA/OT)
• Transfer Student Information
• Joint Boards Articulation Commission
• PASS Project (OUS Proficiency-based Admission Standards System)
• Oregon Early Options Study (1999)

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Last update: February 16, 1999
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