They say it’s a model that has never been tried before in education: A private college partnering with an impoverished public school to build a joint state-of-the-art facility that will house both.

It’s called the 3 to PhD Initiative, and it’s happening in Northeast Portland.

Read the entire story on the Portland Tribune website.

Check out the KPTV news piece on our Homeland Security Simulator housed on the Columbia River Campus. 

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Portland Mayor Charlie Hales has recognized 3 to PhD™ among the City’s priority efforts to expand opportunity to all Portlanders.

Mayor Hales awarded $100,000 of the City’s fall supplemental budget to support the early childhood efforts of 3 to PhD™, the public-private partnership between Concordia University and Portland Public Schools’ Faubion School.

Concordia University will host a series of free, public events during the months of November and December on its Portland, Ore. campus at 2811 N.E. Holman St., unless otherwise noted. For a full list of events, visit www.cu-portland.edu/calendar.