Articles
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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
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Higher Education
David Boren, Don Betz should correct the record
Yesterday, OCPA President Jonathan Small sent a letter to two Oklahoma university presidents to correct the record on claims about state funding to higher education.Trent England | June 23, 2017
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Higher Education
A public letter to President Boren and President Betz
Today, OCPA President Jonathan Small sent the following letter to OU President David Boren and UCO President Don Betz.Jonathan Small | June 22, 2017
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Higher Education
How does Oklahoma higher education funding really compare to other states?
Those who understand Oklahoma know a dollar here goes a long way compared to most other states.Curtis Shelton | June 22, 2017
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Higher Education
No, Oklahoma is not “dead last” in higher education funding
This claim, also made by UCO President Don Betz, has been used to support tuition hikes at Oklahoma’s state colleges and universities.Curtis Shelton | June 22, 2017