OSPIRG: Oregon's student environmental & service group



	Protect the Oregon Coast
	Campus Climate Challenge
	Wild Forests
	New Voters Project
	Affordable Textbooks
	Renters Rights
	Clean Willamette
	Higher Education
	Consumer Issues
	Hunger and Homelessness

Pledge to Support the Campus Climate Challenge!
Global warming is all over the news right now, but very few people are talking about solutions, even though we have almost everything we need to solve the problem. Join with students, professors and university staff in support of reducing your campus’s global warming pollution by taking the pledge!
Find out more about the Campus Climate Challenge here.

Student Debt Rising 3 Times Faster than Cost of Living in the Willamette Valley
Student loan debt is rising faster than the cost of living or health care costs. Between 1993 and 2004, the average debt for college graduates with loans increased by 107% to $19,200. At the same time, in Oregon’s Willamette Valley, the cost of living increased by 32%, and health care costs (including insurance, drugs and medical care) increased by 62%. Read the report.

Rip-off 101: Second Edition
How the Publishing Industry's Practices Needlessly Drive Up Textbook Costs
Our report finds that textbook prices are skyrocketing, making it harder for students to afford a college education. We also document some of the tactics used by textbook publishers to drive up the price of their books.

Oregon Student Public Interest Research Group
1536 SE. 11th Avenue, Portland, OR 97214
(503) 231-4181 |
info@ospirgstudents.org