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President Dan Bernstine and the presidents of Chemeketa Community College, Clackamas Community College, Mount Hood Community College, and Portland Community College signed a historic agreement this spring to integrate student admissions and enrollment, academic planning, and support services.

The schools have formed the Portland Area Higher Education Consortium, which will allow students to move freely among all five schools, tailoring course offerings and times to their own needs and schedules.

“A student at one school may be a student at all five if he or she wishes,” says Joe Johnson, president of Clackamas Community College.

Students at the consortium schools already are benefiting from joint enrollment agreements and single financial aid packages. Soon a single application and registration process will be in place. The agreement also calls for joint academic planning, the sharing of classroom facilities where possible, and the opportunity for students to complete a four-year degree from PSU while remaining on a community college campus.

Representatives from the five member schools have met for over a year to coordinate course offerings.

For more information, contact Guy Sievert, Portland Area Higher Education Consortium coordinator, at gsievert@pdx.edu or 503-725-5234