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Higher Education
In free-speech report, OU pretends lawsuit doesn’t exist
When Oklahoma legislators approved a 2019 law protecting college students’ free-speech rights, they included a requirement for state colleges to publicly post an annual report that includes “a description of any barriers to or incidents of disruption of free expression occurring on campus.”Ray Carter | January 11, 2022
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Higher Education
Despite vaccines, OSU brings back masks
Even with COVID-19 vaccines readily available, Oklahoma State University intends to require masking in classrooms under certain circumstances.Maddison Farris | January 7, 2022
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Higher Education
Still time for OU to change course
The top priority at OU is establishing a politically correct culture of so-called diversity.Jonathan Small | December 27, 2021
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Higher Education
Venables hire a model for other jobs
Venables’ hiring suggests that a process divorced from “diversity” mania and anti-Christian prejudice can produce good results.Jonathan Small | December 21, 2021
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Higher Education
Oklahoma professors oppose ‘woke’ math effort
Professors and professionals across the country, including some in Oklahoma, have urged K-12 schools to preserve higher-level math courses, which are now under attack because some racial minorities are underrepresented.Ray Carter | December 20, 2021
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Higher Education, Law & Principles
‘Land acknowledgement statements’ abound, but some say reparations needed
Virtue-signaling Oklahoma universities are awash in ahistorical “land acknowledgement statements.” But some activists say performative gestures are not enough: It’s time to give the land back, or at least provide free tuition for Native Americans.J.E. McReynolds | December 20, 2021
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Higher Education
OU seminar says male-female is ‘too limiting,’ marginalizes the ‘gender fluid’
The presentation materials stated that LGBTQ+ people are negatively impacted by being socialized into an environment that only offers two positively received gender options, male or female.Staci Elder Hensley | December 14, 2021
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Higher Education
BIPOC+ and LGBTQ: Oklahoma higher ed is hiring
Oklahoma’s higher education system has its own diversity-bloat problem.Mike Brake | December 13, 2021
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Higher Education
OU’s lobbying pays off for school, not student rights
OU’s courtroom victory may lead state lawmakers to revisit the issue.Ray Carter | December 2, 2021
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Higher Education
Though ‘allowed by contract,’ OU denies communist influence on curriculum
When skeptics concerned about the role and influence of Confucius Institutes on American college campuses began asking pointed questions a few years ago, they had no idea that at the University of Oklahoma, agencies of the oppressive Chinese communist government were allowed to select the curriculum and course material Oklahoma students were forced to use.Mike Brake | November 30, 2021