UO President Richard Lariviere’s testimony to Senate Education and Workforce Development Committee
March 2nd, 2011On March 1st, 2011, the Oregon Senate Education and Workforce Development Committee held a hearing on The New Partnership proposal, SB 559 and SJR 20. President Richard Lariviere testified to the committee that
“We achieve three things under the New Partnership:
1. We free our universities from a centralized state bureaucracy and provide greater autonomy for our management and operations;
2. We strengthen public accountability and involvement by establishing a dedicated governing board for the University of Oregon and other universities that want them; and
3. We prevent further budget cuts and the tuition increases they create by establishing public-private endowment authority for any university wishing to pursue it. ”