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What is DACA?

What is DACA?

DACA stands for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, a program established in 2012 by the secretary of Homeland Security to provide a legal pathway for work authorization as well as higher education opportunities. Students who are recipients of DACA are deferred from removal action for a certain period of time.

To learn more about DACA, please visit USCIS.gov

Tuition Equity

Tuition Equity, also known as the Oregon House Bill 2787, was signed into law in 2013. The purpose of Tuition Equity is to allow students meet certain criteria to be exempt from non-resident tuition and fees. Tuition Equity students are eligible to pay the same tuition rates as Oregon residents for up to five years after initial enrollment at an Oregon University. For more information, please visit our Tuition Equity page.

Western Oregon University’s Land Acknowledgement
Western Oregon University in Monmouth, OR is located within the traditional homelands of the Luckiamute Band of Kalapuya. Following the Willamette Valley Treaty of 1855 (Kalapuya etc. Treaty), Kalapuya people were forcibly removed to reservations in Western Oregon. Today, living descendants of these people are a part of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Community of Oregon and the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Indians.

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