Oregon graduates 26,000 fewer college grads than needed to fill available jobs

Here are five reasons why Oregon’s higher education institutions struggle to support the state’s job market.

By Khushboo Rathore

Oregon Journalism Project

A new report highlighting shortcomings in Oregon’s higher education system contains a little-known fact: The state annually graduates about 26,000 fewer workers with a college education than there are available jobs that require college degrees. That’s roughly the population of Grants Pass, an entire town’s worth of good jobs that go begging each…