COMMENTARY
college costs an arm and a leg
(Mike Allen)

Metaphorically speaking, college costs an arm and a leg. While it hasn’t quite literally come to that yet, I expect a limb-exchange program soon with how high college tuition has become.

Joking aside, institutions of higher education — like everything else — require money to function, so what are they to do? In Oklahoma, the state’s largest universities are managing to keep mandatory tuition and fees level for next year, but the smaller colleges appear to have less flexibility and resources.

It seems like they have a tough balancing act between asking the state government for more funding and asking students to pay more for an education.

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Ransomware attackers unaware of OKCPS finances
Time for Boomer and Sooner to shotgun some beers
Measles breaks out as comeback story of the year
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Things go off the rails at the Oklahoma Capitol
A flood of news from Norman
The Bradford Pear needs to tone it down
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Here we go again: Tom Brady in his ninth Super Bowl
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Uneasy riders: Critics blame Boren for … OU?
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Oklahoma health care community clowning around
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  • Mike Allen

    Mike Allen is a graphic designer, painter, printer and tailor. He has a fine art degree from the University of Oklahoma.

  • Mike Allen

    Mike Allen is a graphic designer, painter, printer and tailor. He has a fine art degree from the University of Oklahoma.