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Taking Stock: Parents should save for retirement, not children's college Published: Sun, May 27, 2012 Malcolm Berko: It's a daunting task to invest for a child's college costs. You have a 12-year time frame until the kids are college ready, which isn't enough time for the magic of compounding to work. Read More
Oklahoma colleges, universities face flat budgets in upcoming fiscal year Published: Sat, May 26, 2012 The Oklahoma Regents for Higher Education on Friday passed a budget for Oklahoma's higher education system that is roughly the same as the budget for the current fiscal year. The budget is based on a $955.26 million allocation for higher education included in the state's budget for fiscal year 2013. Read More
Oklahoma Regents chairwoman: Flat higher education funding could spell tuition increases Published: Fri, May 25, 2012 Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education Chairwoman Julie Carson said Thursday a budget bill that doesn't offset rising mandatory expenses means colleges and universities will likely have increase tuition. Read More
George F. Will: The diversity of Elizabeth Warren Published: Thu, May 24, 2012 BOSTON — Blond, blue-eyed Elizabeth Warren, the Senate candidate and Harvard professor who cites “family lore” that she is 1/32nd Cherokee, was inducted into Oklahoma's Hall of Fame last year. Her biography on oklahomaheritage.com says she “can track both sides of her family in Oklahoma long before... Read More
Eight Oklahoma high schools named to top 1,000 list Published: Tue, May 22, 2012 Newsweek released its list of America's top 1,000 high schools Monday, and eight Oklahoma schools made the cut. Read More
OU football: Juco receiver LaColtan Bester signs with Sooners Published: Sat, May 19, 2012 Bester caught 76 passes for 1,042 yards and 17 touchdowns last season for East Mississippi, which won the national championship last season. Read More
George F. Will: The menace of bipartisanship Published: Thu, May 17, 2012 WASHINGTON — Bipartisanship, the supposed scarcity of which so distresses the high-minded, actually is disastrously prevalent. Since 2001, it has produced No Child Left Behind, a counterproductive federal intrusion in primary and secondary education; the McCain-Feingold speech rationing law; an unfunded... Read More
At a glance: Oklahoma's open-carry law Updated: Wed, May 16, 2012 AT A GLANCE About the open-carry law • Businesses may prohibit firearms on their property with the display of a sign. • Guns are not allowed on property owned or leased by city, state or federal government, jails and prisons, schools, college campuses or at sports arenas during sporting... Read More
Not all jobs should require a college degree Published: Wed, May 16, 2012 Regarding “Group urges businesses to promote education” (News, May 1): People should be aware when they hear politicians and pundits talk about “sending everyone to college” or even getting more people to college. Traditional four-year college isn't a good fit for everyone, as evidenced by shocking dropout... Read More
In the face of shrinking budget, University of Oklahoma department pulls out faculty phones Updated: Tue, May 15, 2012 Earlier this year, the University of Oklahoma's Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering disconnected telephones in faculty offices to make up for a shrinking budget. OU President David Boren said such cost-cutting measures aren't unique. Read More
Naked man arrested near school in Delaware County Published: Tue, May 15, 2012 The man will be transferred to a mental health facility, Sheriff Rick Littlefield said. Read More
Oklahoma lawmakers unlikely to address plight of medical examiner's office Published: Tue, May 15, 2012 MAYBE the state medical examiner's office should have lost its national accreditation a few years earlier, instead of in 2009. If that embarrassment had come to pass in 2006, when the state had a billion dollar budget surplus, then perhaps the ME today would have the new office it needs to regain that... Read More
Oklahoma education news briefs Published: Sun, May 13, 2012 UCO receives EPA award For the second year in a row, the University of Central Oklahoma is being recognized for using more green power than any other school in its conference. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency named the university the 2011-12 Green Power Champion of the Mid-American Intercollegiate... Read More
Oklahoma higher education officials anxiously await state budget deal Published: Fri, May 11, 2012 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 higher education officials warn such a move could undermine efforts to produce more college graduates. Read More
University of Oklahoma commencement moved indoors Published: Fri, May 11, 2012 The University of Oklahoma's commencement ceremony will be held at 7 p.m. Friday in the Lloyd Noble Center, 2911 S Jenkins Ave. Read More
Young Oklahoma patients get help managing chronic disease Updated: Thu, May 10, 2012 Transitions program at The Children's Hospital at OU Medical Center helps young chronically ill patients graduate to adult treatment. Read More
Clarence Page: Is 'one drop' rule overruled? Published: Fri, May 11, 2012 So what if Elizabeth Warren claims to be part American Indian? She's entitled, according to historical documents. Besides, Americans never have been all that clear or consistent about what distinguishes one race from another. Republican Sen. Scott Brown of Massachusetts is calling on his Democratic challenger... Read More
University of Oklahoma to expand, renovate Hester Hall Published: Fri, May 11, 2012 The OU Board of Regents approved a plan Thursday that calls for $13.5 million in renovations and expansions to Hester Hall. University officials plan to fund the project with bond funds that have been set aside. Read More
Oklahoma's top higher education official “on board” with new energy cost cutting mandate Published: Thu, May 10, 2012 Glen Johnson, chancellor of the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education, said the newly-created Oklahoma State Facilities Energy Conservation program will give the system a plan to build on past successes to cut its energy bill further. Read More
Have you experienced or participated in hazing on a college campus? Updated: Mon, May 7, 2012 Have you experienced or participated in hazing on a college campus? Email reporter Silas Allen at sallen@opubco.com. Read More
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