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Higher Education
Report finds Oklahoma colleges raised tuition despite increased state funding
A new report finds that college tuition in Oklahoma increased by $7,518 per student from 1980 to 2025, after adjusting for inflation, even though state funding also increased by $1,435 per student during that time.Ray Carter | June 29, 2026
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Higher Education
OU Foundation quietly scrubs DEI requirement from job posting after OCPA’s reporting
A new OU Foundation job posting for the senior director of development for the Gallogly College of Engineering requires candidates to show an understanding of “the University of Oklahoma's values of diversity, equity, and inclusion.”Ray Carter | May 7, 2026
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Higher Education
OU ‘social justice mathematics’ professor links memorizing math facts to authoritarianism
In a new academic paper, an OU education professor who studies “social justice mathematics” situates the “science of math” approach—which emphasizes memorization, practice, and procedural fluency—within a broader trend of “increasingly authoritarian rule.”Ray Carter | April 21, 2026
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Higher Education
Oklahoma Senate panel advances bill to end professor tenure
A bill that would abolish tenure for future college faculty in Oklahoma has cleared a Senate committee. Supporters argue taxpayers shouldn’t be on the hook for professors who can coast for decades, while opponents warn the change will shrink applicant pools and raise salaries.Ray Carter | March 3, 2026
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Higher Education
Oklahoma House panel advances study of three-year bachelor’s degrees
Oklahoma lawmakers have taken a first step toward shortening the path to a college degree, advancing a bill that orders a study of a three-year, 90-credit-hour bachelor’s track.Ray Carter | February 10, 2026
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Higher Education
Stitt pushes college reforms: faster degrees, new tenure rules
Gov. Kevin Stitt unveiled a higher-education reform package that includes executive orders to create 90-credit-hour bachelor’s degrees, overhaul faculty tenure, and tie university funding to workforce outcomes.Ray Carter | February 5, 2026
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Higher Education
Whistleblower: OU dental school prioritizing high-tuition foreign students as some Oklahomans get squeezed out
A whistleblower says the University of Oklahoma’s dental school is increasingly prioritizing high-paying foreign students over U.S. applicants, limiting opportunities for Oklahomans—even though language barriers and lower-quality prior training drain faculty time and diminish instruction for American students.Ray Carter | January 21, 2026
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Higher Education
OU debacle highlights dysfunction in higher ed
OU officials now admit a graduate assistant acted “arbitrarily” when he gave a student a zero for stating there are two sexes, but the episode exposes far more than one rogue instructor.Jonathan Small | January 19, 2026
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Higher Education
OSU keeps employee who confronted conservative student, records show
An Oklahoma State University employee who sparked national controversy for berating a conservative student—and for falsely claiming that student-government rules banned his Turning Point USA hat—remains on staff.Ray Carter | January 15, 2026
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Higher Education
College official defends reliance on out-of-state students
Oklahoma taxpayers are subsidizing other states’ workforces as colleges increasingly enroll non-resident students—most of whom leave Oklahoma after graduation. Oklahoma’s chancellor of higher education defends the strategy as “importing talent and growing our workforce.”Ray Carter | January 14, 2026