Articles
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Higher Education
As tuition and fees soar, OU features drag queen at freshman orientation
Unremorseful after paying a drag queen $18,000 in April, OU is now featuring a drag queen at freshman orientation.Ray Carter | August 14, 2023
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Higher Education
Public confidence in universities plunges amid controversies
Gallup finds that public confidence in higher education has declined to a new low point.Ray Carter | July 12, 2023
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Higher Education
OU tuition hike is a real drag
After Oklahoma’s higher education system received the largest appropriations increase in recent history—and after OU paid a drag queen $18,000—the university decided to raise tuition.Jonathan Small | July 10, 2023
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Higher Education
OU defends tuition hike as senators call for reform
The University of Oklahoma’s recent decision to further increase tuition, despite a huge increase in state appropriations, is drawing fire from state Senate leaders and leading to calls for reform, including imposing a legislative freeze on tuition.Ray Carter | June 20, 2023
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Higher Education
OCPA condemns OU tuition hike
OCPA President Jonathan Small said the recent tuition hike approved by OU is unjustified and shows the university is not serious about its mission of providing a quality, affordable education to Oklahomans.Staff | June 19, 2023
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Higher Education
OU fights public transparency
The University of Oklahoma has spent more than $1 million investigating claims of bogus financial reports and sexual harassment by David Boren, its former president who stepped down in 2018, but continues to stonewall efforts to make the findings public.Ray Carter | June 7, 2023
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Higher Education, Culture & the Family
As OU pays drag queen $18,000, lawmakers call for defunding
As the University of Oklahoma pays $18,000 to a drag queen for a performance, some lawmakers are calling for defunding higher education.Ray Carter | April 26, 2023
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Higher Education
OU says DEI to ‘permeate’ business school
Via the school’s website, officials at the University of Oklahoma vow that “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion” (DEI) programming will now “permeate” business-school programs.Ray Carter | April 18, 2023
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Higher Education, Culture & the Family
OU drag show declared one of nation’s largest
According to officials at the University of Oklahoma, the school’s annual “Crimson & Queens” drag show is not only the “the largest annual drag show in Oklahoma” but also “one of the largest collegiate drag shows in the U.S.”Ray Carter | April 5, 2023
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Higher Education, Economy, Culture & the Family
Amid workforce shortage, OU touts ‘queer sexperts’
To reduce or eliminate the anticipated worker shortage in Oklahoma, officials have often touted the importance of the state’s college system. Meanwhile, the University of Oklahoma recently sent an email to all students informing them of a Name Change workshop for queer, trans, nonbinary individuals, and a Queer Sexperts program.Ray Carter | March 20, 2023