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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
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Higher Education
University of Central Oklahoma touts pronoun option ‘to affirm gender identity’
A recent email from the office of the president at the University of Central Oklahoma announced that faculty and staff will be able to include their pronouns on university business cards and name badges, but stressed those pronouns are not an indication of gender.Ray Carter | January 31, 2020
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Higher Education
Report highlights partisanship of Oklahoma professors
According to popular stereotype, college professors are overwhelmingly liberal Democrats. New research shows that cliché is grounded in reality, including at several major Oklahoma universities.Ray Carter | January 30, 2020
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Higher Education
OSU lawsuit points up bias in higher education
Despite having glowing recommendations for a promotion, an Oklahoma State University professor says she was denied the higher rank after she returned from service in the Trump administration.Mike Brake | December 12, 2019