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Higher Education
OU professor accuses police of unprovoked violence
A University of Oklahoma professor accused Oklahoma City police of committing unprovoked acts of violence against Black Lives Matter (BLM) protesters, implying protestors were goaded into retaliatory acts that resulted in their arrest.Ray Carter | June 18, 2020
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Higher Education
Scholars focus on Confucius Institutes
Scrutiny has already had an impact: In recent years, Confucius Institutes in America have declined from 120 affiliations to 80.Patrick B. McGuigan | June 17, 2020
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Higher Education
Amidst growing scrutiny, OU closing Confucius Institute
The University of Oklahoma will close its embattled Confucius Institute, a university spokesperson told OCPA.Mike Brake | June 16, 2020
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Higher Education
Oklahoma professors call for reduced public access to presidential briefings
A group of journalism professors, including three from colleges in Oklahoma, have called on television networks to stop the live airing of President Donald Trump’s briefings on COVID-19.Ray Carter | April 29, 2020
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Higher Education
Are OU students being punished?
It’s an oddity of our time, one professor astutely points out, that universities claiming to champion “diversity” have gone to great lengths “to cultivate relations with a communist dictatorship guilty of several of the worst genocides of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.”Brandon Dutcher | April 29, 2020
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Higher Education
‘Social justice’ permeates Oklahoma higher education
Social justice education is taking over America’s colleges and universities.David Randall, Ph.D. | March 31, 2020
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Higher Education
Lankford targets Confucius Institute at OU, other colleges
At a time when Chinese government officials appear to be spreading conspiracy theories blaming the United States for the coronavirus, U.S. Sen. James Lankford is taking a hard look at Chinese efforts to exert inappropriate influence on American university campuses.Ray Carter | March 16, 2020
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Higher Education, Law & Principles
Senate votes down due-process protections for college students
A coalition of Democrats and Republicans in the Oklahoma Senate have voted down legislation that would ensure college students facing expulsion have due-process rights comparable to those provided in a court proceeding. Opponents argued the college system is effectively exempted from legislative oversight.Ray Carter | February 25, 2020
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Higher Education
OU hosts former Communist Party candidate and accused terrorist
The University of Oklahoma Black Student Association is hosting one of America’s most notorious left-wing activists today.Mike Brake | February 21, 2020
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Higher Education
College due process issues addressed by legislation
College students facing potential expulsion would be guaranteed due-process rights comparable to those provided in a court proceeding under legislation approved by a state Senate committee.Ray Carter | February 19, 2020