Stillwater Townie
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Interesting that the far-right Christian think tank, the OCPA, is irritated that OU's financial strategy is to attract more international and out of state freshman students than Oklahomans. OCPA is glad it's not that way at OSU. OCPA also doesn't like it that there are nearly two liberal students for every conservative student on campus at OU but happy that conservative students outnumber liberal ones at OSU.
https://ocpathink.org/post/independ...than-half-of-ou-freshmen-are-oklahomans-again
In another article the OCPA absurdly tries to devalue higher education in Oklahoma. Its return investment to the economy is only a tiny fraction of what is claimed. And worse it quotes from some conservative economist who “suggests that the relationship between state appropriations for higher education and economic growth is actually negative; resources are taken from competitive private enterprise driven by market discipline and given to an inefficient sector sheltered from such discipline.”
https://ocpathink.org/post/analysis/oklahoma-higher-eds-17-48-return-claim-doesnt-compute
https://ocpathink.org/post/independ...than-half-of-ou-freshmen-are-oklahomans-again
In another article the OCPA absurdly tries to devalue higher education in Oklahoma. Its return investment to the economy is only a tiny fraction of what is claimed. And worse it quotes from some conservative economist who “suggests that the relationship between state appropriations for higher education and economic growth is actually negative; resources are taken from competitive private enterprise driven by market discipline and given to an inefficient sector sheltered from such discipline.”
https://ocpathink.org/post/analysis/oklahoma-higher-eds-17-48-return-claim-doesnt-compute
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