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Higher Education
Free-speech controversy continues at UCO
The visit by Ken Ham of Answers in Genesis (AiG) to the University of Central Oklahoma (UCO) in Edmond was scrubbed last week. UCO is now the Sooner State’s third largest higher education facility, so the move got attention.Patrick B. McGuigan | February 13, 2018
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Higher Education
Teacher union calls for boycott of Oklahoma Wesleyan-trained teachers
In response to a recent newspaper column written by Oklahoma Wesleyan University (OKWU) president Everett Piper, the Bartlesville Education Association is calling for Bartlesville Public Schools to refrain from accepting student teachers from OKWU for any training in district classrooms.Mike Brake | January 11, 2018
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Higher Education
Oklahoma’s higher education spending outstrips the national average
Rightsizing the workforce by eliminating non-instructional workers will reduce the cost of higher education for aspiring students and reduce the tax burden on Oklahoma’s taxpayers.J. Scott Moody & Wendy Warcholik, Ph.D. | October 18, 2017
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Higher Education
Oklahoma's higher education spending outstrips the national average
State lawmakers, in their oversight role, should examine where the money is going.J. Scott Moody & Wendy Warcholik, Ph.D. | October 17, 2017
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Higher Education
Expensive college degrees don’t always pay off
The average four-year college degree in the United States now costs $130,000, with roughly $40,000 of that paid for with student loans.Cody Ray Milner | September 28, 2017
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Higher Education
A solution to the campus free-speech crisis
State lawmakers should consider the primacy of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, an idea on which so many other freedoms rest, and make their most important gift to young adults an appreciation of the same.Jonathan Butcher | September 14, 2017
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Higher Education
The higher ed defunding that’s yet to come?
This is Oklahoma—not Oregon or Vermont. When will higher ed officials wake up?Brandon Dutcher | September 14, 2017
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Higher Education
Despite higher ed officials' claims, spending hovers near all-time highs
Over the past year, Oklahoma’s higher education administrators have been quick to vocalize a doomsday scenario for Oklahoma’s colleges and universities if the state legislature reduced appropriations again.Cody Ray Milner | September 11, 2017
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Budget & Tax, Higher Education
Despite higher ed officials' claims, spending at an all-time high
Over the past year, Oklahoma’s higher education administrators have been quick to vocalize a doomsday scenario for Oklahoma’s colleges and universities if the state legislature reduced appropriations again.Cody Ray Milner | August 14, 2017
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Higher Education
Tuition sticker price is not the real cost to students, families
The Oklahoma Regents for Higher Education met June 28 and 29 to review state appropriation levels for the 2018 Fiscal Year and decide on the ever-pressing question of just how much state universities and colleges may charge their students in tuition--this year increasing rates an average of 5.3%.Cody Ray Milner | August 14, 2017