Articles
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Higher Education
Professor says OU groupthink undermines excellence
The ideological groupthink and pressure tactics that prevail at many state-funded universities ultimately undermine the purpose of education and highlight the need for reform, according to a professor who has examined the problem.Ray Carter | October 26, 2022
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Higher Education
CRT in OU teacher training
Oklahoma needs a range of new measures to ensure transparency in the training and licensure of its teachers and administrators, to find out just how much CRT is already in the state.David Randall, Ph.D. | October 17, 2022
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Education, Higher Education
Groups say reforms could attract teachers, reduce leftist influence
Policy groups from across the nation are calling for reforms to state teacher-licensure processes to increase the number of qualified candidates and reduce the control of left-wing ideologues over access to the teaching profession.Ray Carter | October 13, 2022
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Higher Education
Critical theory generates real harm, Oklahoma physician warns
As the principles of critical theories—which includes Critical Race Theory, among others—have seeped out of academic settings in colleges and into workplaces and public-school classrooms, the real-world harm generated by those theories’ implementation is becoming apparent, said a local speaker who has focused on the issue.Ray Carter | October 7, 2022
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Higher Education
UCO: broke and still digging
The University of Central Oklahoma is laying off faculty and cutting programs due to declining enrollment and chronic mismanagement, but still wastes time on conference content focused on DEI.Trent England | October 7, 2022
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Higher Education
UCO hosts DEI indoctrination
Yesterday, the University of Central Oklahoma canceled some classes and directed those students to a conference featuring an advocate of “Critical Race Theory,” or CRT.Staff | October 4, 2022
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Higher Education
OU leader bashes CRT law
An official at the University of Oklahoma says a state law that bans teaching students that “an individual, by virtue of his or her race or sex, is inherently racist” represents a “barrier” for OU officials and has created a “chilling effect” on “research” conducted by professors.Ray Carter | September 21, 2022
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Higher Education
OU prof defends person wishing ‘excruciating’ death of queen
A University of Oklahoma professor who is part of the school’s Gateway to Belonging program is listed among those defending a Carnegie Mellon University professor who publicly wished Queen Elizabeth II of England would endure an “excruciating” death.Ray Carter | September 20, 2022
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Higher Education
New Career Tech program connects students, employers
Debates continue to swirl around student loan debt forgiveness and the cost of college tuition and fees that caused the debt in the first place. Meanwhile, a new Oklahoma CareerTech program will better connect employers and students who are interested in work-based learning.Mike Wilt | September 19, 2022
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Higher Education
No way to justify OU tuition increase
By rejecting the tuition increase, the regents showed they understand the need to keep college affordable. Hopefully, they will continue down that path, and along the way, they should also devote more resources to genuinely worthwhile degree programs.Jonathan Small | July 8, 2022