When did oregon become a state?

PSU struggled for the next couple of decades under the ruling that no university or college in Oregon could duplicate the programs offered by another, with grandfathered exclusions for the University of Oregon and Oregon State University. Nevertheless, graduate programs were added in 1961 and doctoral programs were added in 1968. The institution was granted university status by the Oregon State System of Higher Education in 1969. In 1994 PSU did away with the traditional undergraduate distribution system and adopted a new interdisciplinary general education program known as University Studies. This program has been controversial both on and off campus, but it is one of the programs at PSU that has garnered national attention. U.S. News & World Report has on multiple occasions listed University Studies as a "Program to Look For". While on the other hand The Educational System in German found that "Teachers said they experienced a practice shock when they started student teaching because of a lack of practical knowledge during their university studies." The only agreed upon perspective through the controversy from most credited educational institutes is that University Studies is a good match for some and not for others. In 2003 PSU was approved to award degrees in Black Studies. That same year the university opened a center housed in a new building to support Native American students. The racial make-up of PSU students is over 90% white even as PSU promotes a more racially diverse student body. Still, PSU is the most diverse university in the Pacific Northwest.