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Portland State University (PSU) is a public research university in Portland, Oregon, United States. It was founded in 1946 as a post-secondary educational institution for World War II veterans . It evolved into a four-year college over the next 20 years and was granted university status in 1969.
This quarter system was adopted by the oldest universities in the English-speaking world (Oxford, founded circa 1096, [1] and Cambridge, founded circa 1209 [2]). Over time, Cambridge dropped Trinity Term and renamed Hilary Term to Lent Term, and Oxford also dropped the original Trinity Term and renamed Easter Term as Trinity Term, thus establishing the three-term academic "quarter" year widely ...
The largest university in the state is Oregon State University (OSU), with an enrollment of just over 36,0000 (2023). [3] OSU has branch campuses in Portland, Bend and Newport. The largest institution of higher education in the state is Portland Community College, based in Southwest Portland. The college serves the state's largest metropolitan ...
[18] [19] The other approach, e.g. at University College Dublin, is for the first semester to start at the start of the first term and continue after Christmas for a few weeks of the second term and for the second semester to start immediately after this in the middle of the second term, without a break, run through the rest of the second term ...
As of 2016–17, the paper is known as the Portland State Vanguard and publishes weekly, every Wednesday. The Vanguard is composed of four sections: News, Opinion, Arts & Culture and International. The news section provides coverage of significant events relating to the university, administration, student government and the city of Portland.
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The Oregon University System (OUS) was administered by the Oregon State Board of Higher Education (the "Board") and the Chancellor of the OUS, who was appointed by the Board. [1] It was disbanded in June 2015. [2] OUS was responsible for governing the state's seven public universities.
Portland State Vikings is the nickname of the NCAA-affiliated, intercollegiate athletic teams representing Portland State University of Portland, Oregon. The Vikings compete at the NCAA Division I level in basketball , soccer , volleyball , golf , tennis , softball , indoor and outdoor track and field , and cross country .