Oregon Network for Education Oregon Network for Education hosts a series of useful links. Under 4-Year Colleges/Universities, visit Prospective Student Information for a guidebook to Oregon's public universities and steps for applying to those institutions online. Links to Oregon's private institutions are also included on the page. To find information on the state's 17 community colleges, click on the 2-Year Colleges icon. Oregon University System "The Oregon University System plays a vital and dynamic role in providing the educational, research, and community service programs that enrich the lives of Oregonians, help sustain Oregon's quality of life, and fuel its economic growth. The institutions within the System each offer affordable, high-quality postsecondary educational opportunities to all qualified Oregonians." Oregon Public Universities Eastern Oregon University Oregon Institute of Technology Oregon State University Portland State University Southern Oregon University University of Oregon Western Oregon University Oregon Health Sciences University Scholarship Search The Free Scholarship Search home page provides a broad selection of endowments, scholarships, financial planning and other useful information on supplementing the costs of higher education regardless of GPA, discipline, or post-high school studies and best of all, it's free.