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Press Archive: UO’s Finances (2014-2024)

If you have been at the UO for some time, you likely have heard the words “budget crisis” and “budget deficit” many times before as a narrative for austerity measures against UO workers. This history helps establish clearer context for the long-term pattern of publicly announcing a budgetary problem while privately protecting administrative bloat and various types of non-essential spending.

These reports also document the history of state-level defunding of education at the University of Oregon—and the need for a greater investment from our legislators today. Oregon funds funds four-year institutions at only 63% of the national average. We hope that UO leaders will commit to partnering with us to lobby for greater state funds, rather than pre-emptively slashing academic programs and faculty which take decades to rebuild. See Finance FAQs for more info.