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Higher Education
For the third straight year, most OU freshmen are from outside Oklahoma
For the third consecutive year, students from outside Oklahoma make up a majority of the University of Oklahoma’s incoming freshman class.Ray Carter | November 2, 2026
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Higher Education
OU fights lawsuit alleging race-based scholarship awards
The University of Oklahoma is appealing a federal judge’s ruling allowing a class-action lawsuit alleging race-based scholarship awards to proceed.Ray Carter | October 27, 2026
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Higher Education
OU must answer allegations of racial discrimination in financial aid
A federal judge has allowed a class-action lawsuit alleging race-based financial aid practices at the University of Oklahoma to proceed.Jonathan Small | October 12, 2026
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Higher Education
OU’s H-1B filing raises questions about jobs for its own graduates
The University of Oklahoma is seeking an H-1B visa extension for an employee working as a sports video production manager at a salary of $55,931, a filing that has drawn attention because OU operates a video-production degree program that prepares students for careers in the field.Ray Carter | October 6, 2026
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Higher Education
Oklahoma Supreme Court lets OU keep misconduct report secret
The University of Oklahoma hired the law firm Jones Day to investigate allegations that it misreported financial information to U.S. News & World Report and to investigate allegations of sexual misconduct involving former OU President David Boren. The resulting report remains secret.Ryan Haynie | October 5, 2026
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Higher Education
Judge allows lawsuit alleging race-based financial aid at OU to proceed
A federal judge has allowed a class-action lawsuit alleging that the University of Oklahoma improperly considered race when awarding financial aid to proceed.Ray Carter | September 28, 2026
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Higher Education
‘Anti-Muslim racism’: Report finds race, gender, social-justice courses at OU and OSU
A new Young America’s Foundation report highlights several courses at OU and OSU, including: Queer Religion; Social Justice Politics; Anti-Muslim Racism; Diversity of Biological Sex Characteristics; Environmental Justice; LGBTQ Lives in the United States; Power, Oppression, & Privilege; and Race and Reproduction in the U.S.Ray Carter | September 25, 2026
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Education, Higher Education
SPLC challenged Oklahoma’s anti-racism law. Then it faced federal charges over alleged payments to people tied to extremist groups
Oklahoma’s HB 1775 restricts public-school employees from teaching eight specified concepts about race and sex, prompting legal challenges—including one from the Southern Poverty Law Center, which now faces separate federal charges over alleged payments to people associated with extremist groups.Ray Carter | September 15, 2026
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Higher Education
Oklahoma college students lean left despite state’s conservative politics
Oklahoma’s college campuses are considerably more liberal than the state’s electorate, according to new data from the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE).Ray Carter | September 14, 2026
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Higher Education
Oklahoma approves three-year bachelor’s degrees at three public universities
Three-year bachelor’s degrees are now a reality in Oklahoma, with the State Regents for Higher Education approving four reduced-credit programs at three public universities.Ray Carter | September 8, 2026