Oregon - Resources


General
Resource Materials and Providers
Labor Market Information
Learning Support

General

The Oregon Department of Community Colleges & Workforce Development contributes leadership and resources to increase the skills, knowledge and career opportunities of Oregonians.  Here you can find education agency partners at the local, regional and national levels and links to Oregon community colleges that present telecourses.
    URL: http://www.odccwd.state.or.us/

 

Resource Materials and Providers

The Northwest Regional Literacy Center provides leadership in staff development, policy development and resource services for adult basic education practitioners in Montana, Idaho, Oregon, Wyoming, and Washington.
    URL: http://literacynet.org/nwrlrc/

The Western/Pacific Literacy Network is a premier Web-based resource for the literacy community. It has established an on-line interactive structure for increasing communication and sharing information about adult literacy among the eighteen western states and Pacific islands.
    URL: http://www.literacynet.org/lincs/

The Oregon State Literacy Resource Center is for those interested in learning about how to improve their own skills, or how to help someone else improve their skills, and for those who work in the field of Adult Basic Skills and English as a Second Language instruction.
   URL: http://www.literacynet.org/oregon/home.html

Oregon Tech Prep of the Department of Education prepares students for a highly skilled technical occupation that allows either direct entry into the workplace as a qualified technician or continuation with further education.
     URL: http://www.ode.state.or.us/opte/index.htm

Oregon University System provides affordable, high-quality postsecondary education for all qualified Oregon residents; assures that Oregon has the capacity to respond effectively to social, economic, and environmental challenges and opportunities.
      URL: http://www.ous.edu/

 

Labor Market Information

Associated Oregon Industries provides leadership for the business agenda in the Legislature, with state agencies and the public. It strengthens and promotes the economic health of the state by providing research, education, services and resources to Oregon businesses.
    URL: http://www.aoi.org

 

Learning Support

Oregon Student Assistance Commission provides information on the state's education programs, colleges and universities, financial aid assistance programs, grants, scholarships, continuing education programs, and career opportunities.
     URL: http://www.osac.state.or.us/

This report, published by the Council for Advancement of Adult Literacy, compares selected adult basic education program characteristics of community college and non-community college programs in five states. The comparison is based on comparable data collected by CASAS (Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment System).
     ABE in Community Colleges     (pdf, 436 KB)

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Last updated: Oct. 10, 2003.