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Oklahoma higher education is a notorious devourer of cash. That’s why new University of Oklahoma President Jim Gallogly is such a breath of fresh air.

Despite having fewer students and less appropriated funds, Oklahoma’s higher education leaders have refused to decrease spending or even to maintain spending at constant levels. Instead, they have raised tuition and fees in order to fund massive spending increases.

The University of Oklahoma is kicking off a national search for an associate vice president of university community.

Concerned about stifling political correctness and the absence of viewpoint diversity on campus, some Oklahoma professors are speaking out.

The University’s new president, Jim Gallogly, has made fiscal responsibility a top priority for the university. This may finally provide students and families with relief from constant tuition and fee hikes.

For higher education to fulfill its mission, we need excellent professors, staff, and facilities. But for all of this to work in the manner to which we have become accustomed, more is needed. What is it? What is the key? What makes the difference? What has made our system of higher education the envy of the world? What distinguishes an institution of higher education from any other means of imparting knowledge? What makes it all cohere?

Nearly three months ago in this space, I said incoming University of Oklahoma President Jim Gallogly was a terrific hire.

The University of Oklahoma regents have selected James Gallogly as the next OU president. It’s a terrific hire.

The University of Oklahoma may have evaded a federal requirement to report foreign donations by channeling more than $1 million in Chinese government funds for its Confucius Institute through the private OU Foundation, an OCPA investigation has found.

The FBI is concerned that an arm of the Chinese government has a major presence on more than 100 American college and university campuses, including the University of Oklahoma, according to recent testimony before a U. S. Senate committee.