Oregon Higher Education Coordinating Commission

Higher Education Coordinating Commission

Agency overview
Formed	2011; 13 years ago (2011)
Preceding agencies	Oregon University System Oregon State Board of Higher Education
Type	Educational Policy
Headquarters	3225 25th Street SE, 3rd Floor Salem, OR 97302 44°56′22″N 123°01′44″W / 44.9394°N 123.0290°W / 44.9394; -123.0290
Agency executive	Ben Cannon
Website	www.oregon.gov/highered
OHECC Main Office class=notpageimage| Headquarters location in Oregon

The Oregon Higher Education Coordinating Commission is a volunteer state board established in 2011 in the U.S. state of Oregon, with responsibilities for advising the governor, the legislature and the Chief Education Office on statewide postsecondary education policies and funding.^[1] The fifteen-member commission has authorities for "development of biennial budget recommendations for public postsecondary education in Oregon, making funding allocations to Oregon's public community colleges and public universities, approving new academic programs for the public institutions, allocating Oregon Opportunity Grants (state need-based student aid), authorizing degrees that are proposed by private and out-of-state (distance) providers, licensing private career and trade schools, overseeing programs for veterans, and additional legislative directives".^[1]