The case for state investments in public university campus development projects in Oregon.
Discussing the need for these projects, the authors frame university development projects as a tool of economic development job creation: "Many parts of Oregon, especially outside the Portland area, continue to struggle to return to pre-recession unemployment levels. As a result, we must take every action possible to preserve, protect and promote family-wage jobs." According to study by Sightline, cited by the authors, "state investment in public university construction projects have [sic] created 13,969 jobs across Oregon since 2007."
The op-ed makes the case as the state approaches a new legislative session that has new opportunities to leverage such investments, "[w]hether it is the opportunity to leverage ten-to-one the recent gift that Phil and Penny Knight gave to the University of Oregon for applied scientific research, or the ability to increase access to education for Oregonians in Central Oregon…"
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