Articles
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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
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Budget & Tax, Higher Education
ECU closes branch campus, continues spending spree
ECU doubled its spending, from $22 million to $44 million. Yet it's the students who pay the bigger cost as ECU is now closing a campus.Cody Ray Milner | August 14, 2017
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Higher Education
Oklahoma’s (missing) $8,872 teacher pay raise
Oklahoma now employs more non-teachers than teachers.Benjamin Scafidi | August 10, 2017
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Higher Education
Is college worth the money?
If you are unprepared for college or plan to major in a field with few job prospects, you should really think twice.Neal McCluskey | August 10, 2017
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Higher Education
Regents miss opportunity
The various boards of regents that govern Oklahoma’s colleges and universities have approved increases in tuition and fees for the coming academic year.Jonathan Small | July 7, 2017
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Higher Education
Heard it through the grapevine
One thing we should expect from government officials is a respect for basic arithmetic.Jonathan Small | June 30, 2017