Mike Aguilar wasn’t trying to change the academic world or flip established industries on their heads in November 2016. As a technology strategist for the University of Oklahoma’s Central IT department and the Honors College, he was simply trying to answer the questions his boss asked, including how OU could use it upon returning from […]
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Oklahoma’s college students spend over $22 million more to learn what they didn’t master in high school
In Oklahoma, remediation costs $22.2 million annually in extra tuition, according to a Center for American Progress report.
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Oklahoma Tomorrow vows to protect funding for higher education
Private sector employers and organizations stress the need for employees with higher education degrees.
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OSU Cooperative Extension Service trains volunteers to help educate the community
The training experience is often as useful for the volunteers as it is for those they will eventually teach.
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Letters to the Editor: April 22, 2014
Again the call for tax cuts goes out. I wrote a letter to Oklahoma Gazette years ago comparing those who call for tax cuts while wanting state and social services to people who would go to a pot luck dinner wanting to eat ham, potatoes and homemade rolls while only taking Oreos or a couple […]
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BOOKS
Kind of Kin, reading, Q&A and book signing with award-winning author and native Oklahoman Rilla Askew, 7 p.m., Apr. 10. University of Central Oklahoma, 100 N. University Drive, Edmond, 974- 2000, uco.edu. THU UCO Friends of the Library Book Sale, located in the basement of UCO Chambers Library, open to the public, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., […]
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The University of Central Oklahoma’s American Democracy Project will host a debate over the death penalty, with a banquet to follow. Debaters will cover topics like the Oklahoma Justice Commission’s call for reforms to the criminal justice system, the public’s perceived legitimacy of the reforms and the abolition of the death penalty. The banquet will […]
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Lots of class. Literally.
OU was recently awarded the Davis Cup in recognition of the honor. The Davis UWC program teams universities abroad with partner universities in the United States. Participating students are required to complete high school in a special program designed to get them up to speed for English-only instruction. OU President David Boren is, according to […]
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The University of Central Oklahoma’s College of Fine Arts and Design will host the art exhibit Get Your Geek On: Celebrating Art in Anime, Comics and Video Games. The exhibit is a play on Comic-Con, a convention for fans to geek out about anime, comic books, video games and more. Artwork from UCO students, professional […]
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The University of Oklahoma’s Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art’s wine-tasting fundraiser, Toast to the Arts, raises money for student activities and special programming. Tasters receive a souvenir engraved wine glass, a cocktail of Cupcake Prosecco with St. Germain and a flight of white wines including Ferrari Carano Fume Blanc, Sofia Riesling, Eberle Muscato, Franciscan […]