Higher Education Coordinating Commission

DAVID RIVES SPECIAL MEETING Chair March 9, 2021 2:30 AM – 5:00 PM SANDY ROWE Vice-Chair VIDEOCONFERENCE

VANESSA BECKER MEETING MINUTES:

TERRY CROSS Members Present via teleconference: Chair David Rives; Vice-Chair Sandy Rowe; Commissioners Lee Ayers-Preboski; Terry Cross; Helen Edwards; Enrique Farrera; Frank HELEN EDWARDS Goulard; Ricardo Lujan-Valerio; Shelby Pick; Ramon Ramirez; Larry Roper; Rossy Valdovinos Torres; and Duncan Wyse RICARDO LUJAN- Excused: Commissioner Becker VALERIO 1.0 Preliminary and Organizational Business RAMON RAMIREZ 1.1 Chair Rives called the meeting to order at 9:01 AM. The Commission Administrator called roll. LARRY ROPER 2.0 HECC Strategic Plan Update: current content, and context for DUNCAN WYSE potential broadening Ben Cannon shared with the Commission his Strategic Plan Memo dated March 4, 2021, (as presented in agenda item 2.0a) describing the current status, the Non-voting members potential additional consideration of Oregon higher education structures to

include the impact of the pandemic, economic recovery, and racial justice, and LEE AYERS-PREBOSKI the associated risks in undertaking the suggested type of structural evaluation.

Director Cannon also shared a draft of HECC’s Oregon Postsecondary ENRIQUE FARRERA Education and Workforce Training: Preparing for a Strong Recovery to COVID- 19 Crisis issue brief (as presented in agenda item 2.b). FRANK GOULARD 3.0 Public Comment SHELBY PICK Representative Teresa Alonso Leon, Oregon State Legislature Senator Elizabeth Steiner Hayward, Oregon State Legislature ROSSY VALDOVINOS Senator Betsy Johnson, Oregon State Legislature TORRES Emily Wanous, Oregon Student Association Senator Peter Courtney, Oregon State Legislature Executive Director Louis De Sitter, Oregon Education Association BEN CANNON Debbie Koreski, Columbia Public Affairs Senator Michael Dembrow, Oregon State Legislature

4.0 A ‘Design Workshop’ with Commissioners and other stakeholders including university, community college, labor, and equity representatives was held on a virtual blackboard to address: “How might we design a process that helps optimize the organization of Oregon higher education so that all learners are served equitably and sustainably?”

5.0 Closing Remarks and Next Steps Director Cannon will email the design workshop participants a survey requesting additional feedback to workshop and the HECC Strategic Plan. The Commission will review the results of the virtual blackboard created and make recommendations along with strategic partners. Chair Rives shared that he accepted a job in Vietnam and will be resigning as Chair by the April 8 meeting.

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Higher Education Coordinating Commission

DAVID RIVES Chair Rives adjourned the meeting at 4:57. Chair Materials: SANDY ROWE 0.0 Agenda Vice-Chair 2.0a Strategic Plan memo 2.0b HECC-covid-19 issue-brief-DRAFT-2021 VANESSA BECKER

TERRY CROSS

HELEN EDWARDS

RICARDO LUJAN- VALERIO

RAMON RAMIREZ

LARRY ROPER

DUNCAN WYSE

Non-voting members

LEE AYERS-PREBOSKI

ENRIQUE FARRERA

FRANK GOULARD

SHELBY PICK

ROSSY VALDOVINOS TORRES

Executive Director BEN CANNON