Articles
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Higher Education
Enhanced Productivity, Efficiency Needed in Higher Education
Anthony Hennen & Richard Vedder | January 20, 2016
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Budget & Tax, Education, Higher Education
Free Market Friday: Tax hike unwise
The vast majority of Oklahomans agree that teachers have earned a significant pay raise. But hiking taxes to fund raises is a risky and damaging proposition. Fortunately, my colleagues have identified hundreds of millions of dollars in annual savings in state spending that would fund those raises, with no tax increase at all.Jonathan Small | December 12, 2015
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Higher Education
Oklahoma’s Higher Education Spending Far Outstrips National Average
Oklahoma’s higher education system employs far too many non-instructional workers relative to the national average. This bloated workforce drives up the cost of higher education, and a significant share of these costs falls on the shoulders of Oklahoma’s taxpayers.J. Scott Moody & Wendy Warcholik, Ph.D. | November 19, 2015
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Education, Higher Education
Free Market Friday: Better path for teachers
By eliminating some of this unnecessary spending, Oklahoma could pay teachers what they deserve without raising taxes or jeopardizing funding for roads, bridges, public safety, or the social safety net. That’s a better path – one Oklahoma lawmakers should take in the upcoming 2016 legislative session.Jonathan Small | November 13, 2015
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Higher Education
Tuition Hikes and Non-instructional Overhead
Students across Oklahoma have returned to college campuses, and many are feeling the pinch from higher tuition costs. Higher education officials often blame tuition hikes on reduced state appropriations, but could there be other factors in play?J. Scott Moody & Wendy Warcholik, Ph.D. | September 17, 2015
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Higher Education
Expand and improve higher-ed vouchers in Oklahoma
One of the great ironies of the school choice debate is that the United States has long been a world leader in school vouchers—for higher education. In fact, soaring tuition costs and outrageous bloat in higher education are not so much a result of government monopoly as they are a result of flaws in our collegiate school choice programs.Greg Forster, Ph.D. | September 1, 2015
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Higher Education
Free Market Friday: Efficiency or bust
As Oklahoma legislators completed their budget deliberations this year, we heard the usual chorus from critics complaining that education was being shortchanged. Much criticism came from those in higher education, who perpetually demand more tax dollars and tuition increases.Michael Carnuccio | July 11, 2015
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Education, Higher Education
State-Run Enterprises and One-Ton Nails
Economic losses send a clear signal that the firm is doing something wrong and gives it an incentive to change. Economic profits send a clear signal that the firm is doing something right.Cecil Bohanon | July 1, 2015
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Higher Education
High-Quality, Low-Cost College for Oklahomans
Making college tuition-free for some Oklahomans while simultaneously saving the state money seems like a win-win to us.Brandon Dutcher & Frank Keating | February 23, 2015
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Higher Education
How to Make Higher Education More Affordable
A new semester is under way, which means many college students (and their parents) are again worried about things like tuition costs and student debt.Anthony Hennen & Richard Vedder | February 5, 2015