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| Topic | State Funding - Higherf Education |
| Content | One of the parameters for state funding is the offering of new programs and degrees. In addition, there is funding on a 50% basis for endowed chairs. Is this accomplishing the intended result? I think not. It definitely contributes to increasing tuition at our state colleges - to the extent that it is almost out of the question for many Oklahomans. Those kit hardest are perhaps those who are over the required income limits for assistance, but not enough to provide assistance to their children, thereby resulting in too many Oklahomans graduating with huge debts for even batchelor degrees.
It is immaterial what education is offered in private universities, but an effort should be made to make a college education more affordable to the average family and student of our state. If the only argument is that we are comparable to surrounding states, perhaps they are also contributing to a problem students should not have. |
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