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Budget & Tax, Higher Education
The Bogus Budget: This one cut could solve the shortfall
Total spending has increased so much in higher education that the legislature could zero out its appropriation altogether—saving more than $800 million, closing nearly all of the shortfall—and it would simply return this part of state government to slightly more than its 2013 spending level.Trent England | May 2, 2017
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Higher Education
As OHLAP celebrates 25 years, Smalley, Henke pursue reforms
The Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Program (OHLAP), otherwise known as Oklahoma’s Promise, celebrated 25 years with a rally at the state Capitol on Tuesday with Chancellor Glen Johnson and the State Regents for Higher Education touting what they see as the program’s success.Jay Chilton | April 19, 2017
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Higher Education
Speakers question bias reporting system, lack of intellectual diversity at OU
Policies and official actions by leadership at the University of Oklahoma claiming to enforce “diversity and inclusion” actually deny First Amendment rights for students and promote a particular point of view at the state’s flagship university, according to two recent speakers.Jay Chilton | March 16, 2017
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Higher Education
Higher education is a mission–not an excuse
The mission of public education is to create an educated public, a people capable of self-government. Really, this means two different kinds of education.Trent England | March 1, 2017
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Higher Education
Is illiberal education a public good?
Oklahomans agree that liberal education—education that helps people grow as rational beings who know truth—is a public good.Greg Forster, Ph.D. | March 1, 2017
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Higher Education
A Public Letter to David Boren
Today, OCPA President Jonathan Small sent the following letter and public records request to the office of David Boren and the University of Oklahoma’s Open Records Office.Jonathan Small | February 14, 2017
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Higher Education
State Regents Define Goals, Advocate Increased Funding
The State Regents for Higher Education voted , to request an 18.3 percent increase in funding from the State of Oklahoma, a $957.9 million appropriations increase.Jay Chilton | January 17, 2017
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Higher Education
Higher Ed Efficiency Questioned
82 percent of Oklahoma voters think higher education could be operated more efficiently. Fully 80 percent think the $411,000 annual compensation for Oklahoma’s chancellor of higher education is excessive.Brandon Dutcher | January 1, 2017
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Higher Education
Common-Sense Higher Ed Reforms
To help bring discipline to the higher education system and to make college more affordable for students, we offer the following recommendations.Jonathan Small & Brandon Dutcher | January 1, 2017
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Higher Education
OU Hires Ex-Senator as Lobbyist
Shortly following the December 1 meeting of the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, the OU Board of Regents met in Norman and voted to approve President David Boren’s appointment of former Oklahoma state Sen. Jonathan Nichols as vice president of governmental relations.Staff Reports | December 20, 2016