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Higher Education
OCPA calls for state investigation of OU student fee use
Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs President Jonathan Small today called on state lawmakers to launch an investigation into the University of Oklahoma’s use of mandatory student fees following a recent report indicating student fees were wasted placing women’s menstrual products in men’s bathrooms on campus.Staff | January 10, 2024
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Higher Education
OSU president Kayse Shrum in denial
If we want college leaders to stop the subterfuge and start listening to the taxpayers, making them personally liable for their actions will go a long way.Jonathan Small | January 2, 2024
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Higher Education
OCPA president calls on Kayse Shrum to honor OSU’s ‘historic values’
Recent events have demonstrated to Americans the extent of the rot in higher education, especially in elite institutions. But the problems are here at home, too—including at Oklahoma State University—and it’s time for policymakers to act.Staff | December 18, 2023
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Higher Education
As college DEI spending surges, buildings neglected
Oklahoma's public colleges spent $83.4 million on controversial "diversity, equity, and inclusion" (DEI) programs over the last decade, including drag-queen performances and presentations on topics like "Black Jesus." Lawmakers are concerned that this DEI spending may be diverting funds from essential needs, as state colleges request an additional $200 million for neglected building maintenance during a recent budget hearing.Ray Carter | December 15, 2023
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Higher Education, Law & Principles, Good Government
Stitt takes aim at race-based discrimination in colleges
With a newly issued executive order, Gov. Kevin Stitt is seeking to downsize or eliminate “diversity, equity and inclusion” (DEI) offices and bureaucracy at Oklahoma colleges and to prevent state colleges from engaging in illegal discrimination.Ray Carter | December 13, 2023
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Higher Education
OU’s drag-queen spending this year exceeds $56,000
In less than one year, the University of Oklahoma has spent at least $56,000 on three separate drag-queen shows, according to documents obtained through open-record requests.Ray Carter | December 12, 2023
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Higher Education
UCO requires English professor to embrace race-based discrimination
In a job posting for an assistant professor of English, the University of Central Oklahoma (UCO) seeks applicants who have “a strong commitment to antiracist and social justice pedagogy.”Ray Carter | December 11, 2023
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Higher Education, Culture & the Family
OU study: Native American population growth raises climate-change risk
An OU professor says “Indigenous communities are grappling with an imminent climate crisis compounded by systemic injustices” and that much of the increased climate risk is the result of tribal citizens having children and grandchildren.Ray Carter | December 6, 2023
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Higher Education
DEI’s reach now extends to Oklahoma community colleges
Oklahoma City Community College, Rose State College, and Tulsa Community College employ “diversity” staffers, wasting students’ financial resources while also raising significant legal questions.Ray Carter | November 16, 2023
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Higher Education
Antisemitism linked to college DEI
Recent events show DEI is now leaving us with a generation of college students who embrace evil and declare it good. That’s a recipe only for moral decay and greater violence in the future.Jonathan Small | November 13, 2023