Thank you!

By   /  August 3, 2012  /  Oklahoma, Oklahoma Watchdog Temp  /  3 Comments

When I started at Oklahoma Watchdog in January of 2011, my vision was “to shine a light on what is going on in Oklahoma government so that we can improve it.”  I’d like to think that over the past 18-months I’ve been able to let people see more of what their tax dollars are paying [...]

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State Regents for Higher Education vote unanimously 99% of the time over last five years

By   /  July 9, 2012  /  News, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Watchdog Temp  /  1 Comment

An analysis of the minutes from Regents for Higher Education meetings over the last five years shows that the Regents have voted unanimously in 822 of the 828 votes since January 2007.   The six agenda items that did not get unanimous votes still ended up getting an approval of a majority of Regents.  Five [...]

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No plans to increase transparency at Regents for Higher Education

By   /  June 21, 2012  /  News, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Watchdog Temp, Video  /  No Comments

Don’t expect to be able to watch or listen online to State Regents for Higher Education meetings anytime soon.  While the State Board of Education makes audio recordings of its meetings available online through iTunes, Higher Education Chancellor Glen Johnson says there are no such plans in the works for his agency.
“Where we are now [...]

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David Boren: Education crisis means reforms needed

By   /  June 20, 2012  /  News, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Watchdog Temp, Video  /  1 Comment

University of Oklahoma President David Boren says “if the people of Oklahoma knew, they’d care” about what he calls a crisis in education.  Boren made his comments Wednesday during his presentation to the Regents for Higher Education on a proposed tuition increase for OU.  Boren says he’s not against cutting taxes, but education has to [...]

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Tuition at state universities to rise average of 5.3%

By   /  June 20, 2012  /  News, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Watchdog Temp  /  1 Comment

Representatives of all 25 state colleges and universities went before the Regents for Higher Education today to make their case for raising tuition and mandatory fees for the fall semester.  The increases for Oklahoma residents range from 2.8% at Oklahoma State University to 7.9% at the University of Central Oklahoma (see chart at bottom of [...]

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