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Tulsa World
Oklahoma high school fishing state championship explodes in popularity
"We grew 1,000 percent," said federation program manager Alex Craw. With only three or four boats in last year's inaugural tournament, the second annual event drew 34 boats from across the state. "That's two high school students and one adult volunteer i...
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Tulsa World
OU President Boren sees danger in income tax cut
With the May 25 budget deadline looming, Gov. Mary Fallin urged lawmakers Thursday to come up with a significant cut to Oklahoma's personal income tax. But Boren warned such a move could undermine efforts to produce more college graduates. "It's a really...
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Wall Street Journal
Considering College Football's Role in Higher Education
Buzz Bissinger convincingly establishes that college football must be banned ("Why College Football Should Be Banned," Review, May 5). I will admit that before reading his essay some of my most cherished memories were of listening with my now long-deceas...
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The Washington Post
No College Left Behind: A guest post
In a recent article , I discussed the arrival of new standardized tests that measure student learning in college — and the prospect for an accountability system in higher education akin to the No Child Left Behind law in K-12. Education Secretary Arne Du...
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OUDaily
Letter to the Editor: We must advocate for our university, education
It’s time to ask a question: How much do we value our education, our university and our futures? Four decades ago, students rallied on campus and at the Capitol; they held deep convictions, knowing the need for action both to preserve and better their wa...
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Boston Herald
Signs say Cristo Rey really knows the score
The Oklahoma football teams of the 1950s won 47 consecutive games, a record that still stands. When the school’s president went to the state Senate to ask for funds one year he told legislators, “I want a university the football team can be proud of.” Th...
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NewburyportNews.com
Glenn sworn in as NECC leader
HAVERHILL — A community college graduate who went on to earn his doctoral degree was sworn in yesterday as Northern Essex Community College's fourth president in its 50-year history. In his inaugural address, Lane Glenn of Amesbury said it was all about...
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University Business
Oklahoma City Community College's Capitol Hill Center Moves Into Temporary Space
As Oklahoma City Community College's Capitol Hill Center moves into its third temporary location in 12 years, college officials say its next move will be into a permanent facility. The center recently moved into a temporary location on the second floor o...
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The Daily O'Collegian
OSU looking into transfer credit issues
Students may have trouble transferring credits to Oklahoma State University. Students attempting to transfer credits from Tulsa Community College to OSU are experiencing difficulty, according to a committees update in the Staff Advisory Council meeting o...
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The Daily O'Collegian
Loan increase worries students
Many students will soon face financial turmoil as the interest rates on student loans increase this summer. Crystal Wood, an animal science and pre-vet freshman, is paying for college on her own by taking out federal student loans. If Congress does not a...
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OUDaily
COLUMN: Government should be involved in helping students with loan debts
There has been much talk this past week about the grim employment situation facing college graduates. With rising tuition costs and student loan debt, many students are facing difficulty when they graduate and enter the job market. Half of new college gr...
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Tulsa World
College students ask for consideration in tuition talks
The students spoke at a public hearing on tuition and fees held just before the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education's meeting Thursday. The board holds the hearing annually. Chancellor Glen Johnson said the system's state appropriations are one o...
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OUDaily
Oklahoma income tax could be eliminated
State higher-education funding could be on the chopping block if lawmakers’ plans to eliminate the state income tax are passed. David Blatt, political analyst and director of Oklahoma Policy Institute, said he is concerned higher-education funding will n...
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OUDaily
Resident director remembered for kindness, life lessons
Ennis Koonce never left a day of work without stopping by each coworker’s desk to say goodbye. Those same coworkers now walk past the same neatly kept, now-vacant desk as a reminder of his untimely passing April 5. Koonce had a multi-faceted career at OU...
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OUDaily
OU student representatives stress impact of tuition and fee raises
OU student representatives stressed the impact of tuition and fee raises on the campus community to the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education during the group’s Thursday meeting. The addresses came during a public hearing focused on tuition and man...
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