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2008 (#448-515) | 2007 (#348-447) | 2006 (#249-347) | 2005 (#148-248) | 2004 (#101-147)
May 17, 2008, #515 (22:50) (WMA, 28.9m)
Highlights: National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition; student learning and accountability; non-traditional academic advising; CLASS update
May 10, 2008, #514 (22:54) (WMA, 28.2m)
Highlights: new scholarship from the Oklahoma Business Roundtable; colleges step up fundraising for student aid; faculty evaluations; job outlook for '08 graduates
May 3, 2008, #513 (22:52) (WMA, 29.4m)
Highlights: publisher to offer free digital textbooks; study shows most students want "helicopter parent" involvement; study shows need for more degree holders; accountability
April 26, 2008, #512 (22:52) (WMA, 30.3m)
Highlights: report warns of faculty salary gap; research shows lack of progress in closing racial gap; study looks at student stress and anxiety; online learning
April 19, 2008, #511 (22:53)
Highlights: Oklahoma higher education request supplemental funding; older students in higher education; effect of high school graduating class size on higher education; cost containment
April 12, 2008, #510 (22:53)
Highlights: consequences of admission policy changes in Texas; social networks and higher education; Global Education Conference; student loan industry update
April 5, 2008, #509 (22:52)
Highlights: financial aid recipients more likely to give back to their communities; C-CERT training; importance of student/campus "fit"; higher education and the oil patch
March 29, 2008, #508 (22:54)
Highlights: UCO's National Campus Security Summit; e-textbooks; survey on interaction among various demographic groups on college campuses; OU Law School update
March 22, 2008, #507 (22:54)
Highlights: remediation update; remediation and learning communities; academic freedom
March 15, 2008, #506 (22:52)
Highlights: OKcollegestart.org update; employment patterns and degree fields; ethics for managing study abroad programs; increase in computer science majors; student services for veterans
March 8, 2008, #505 (22:53)
Highlights: private donations reach all-time high; OU offers housing rebates to reward academic success; UCO receives grant for cyber security lab; new messaging service helps campuses; student turnout for Election 2008
March 1, 2008, #504 (22:51)
Highlights: Congress may weigh in on state higher education spending; OSU-Okmulgee watchmaking program partners with Rolex; stemming the rising costs of higher education; Oklahoma Creativity Project
February 23, 2008, #503 (22:54)
Highlights: gains and gaps on AP scores; TCC program boosts retention; counseling methods for high school students transitioning to college; NSU students give back; student health centers
February 16, 2008, #502 (22:53)
Highlights: changes to FERPA; diversity among college and university presidents; community college funding; tips for fall 2008 incoming college freshmen
February 9, 2008, #501 (22:53)
Highlights: sophomore slump; student learning and accountability; survey reveals what employers want from college graduates; international faculty
February 2, 2008, #452 (22:52)
Highlights: effect of subprime crisis on private student loans; student gambling; OSU's new engineering scholarship program; CLASS Task Force Final Report
January 26, 2008, #451 (22:54)
Highlights: students' opinions of themselves; humanities push for community colleges; OSU-Tulsa named "fit friendly"; blue-collar boomers latecomers to college; journalism school
January 19, 2008, #450 (22:52)
Highlights: national higher ed budgets; e-textbooks; communication apprehension in students; more women getting bachelor's degrees; students with disabilities
January 12, 2008, #449 (22:54)
Highlights: accreditors and colleges join forces on Higher Education Act; libraries rate high with students; legal experts call for law school shake-up; collaborative approach to scholarly publishing; remediation
January 5, 2008, #448 (22:51)
Highlights: the ECU Flute Ensemble performs "Let It Snow"; the USAO Concert Choir performs "The Gift"; an RSC holiday concert features "Silent Night"; the NOC Choir performs an excerpt from Handel's "Messiah"; the NSU Jazz Ensemble performs "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"; the SWOSU Euphonium and Tuba Ensemble (featuring SWOSU and area high schools) perform a Christmas medley
December 29, 2007, #447 (22:55)
Highlights: the USAO Show Band perform "Please Come Home for Christmas"; the SWOSU Woodwind Ensemble performs "The Twelve Days of Christmas"; the NSU Jazz Ensemble performs "The Little Drummer Boy"; the CU Civic Chorale performs "For Unto Us a Child Is Born" and the "Hallelujah Chorus" from Handel's "Messiah"
December 22, 2007, #446 (22:52)
Highlights: declining U.S. dollar affects study abroad programs; most parents plan too little for college; "leisure studies" degree programs; environmentally friendly campuses
December 15, 2007, #445 (22:55)
Highlights: report reveals need to increase number of degree holders; OU-Tulsa program to ease health care provider shortage; SOSU receives federal economic development grant; OSU alternative fuel research; campus performing arts centers
December 8, 2007, #444 (22:52)
Highlights: changing needs of online students; CUNY's ASAP program; LU professor's teaching techniques attract national attention; OU's business college ranks in top 15; accountability
December 1, 2007, #443 (22:53)
Highlights: decline of tenure causes concern; OCCC adding international business center; OCU receives grant for text messaging notification system; improving student writing
November 24, 2007, #442 (22:53)
Highlights: student use of textbooks; robots spur interest in computer science; new approaches to collegiate-level science teaching; Florida college's efforts to recruit male students; black women and the "ivory tower"
November 17, 2007, #441 (22:51)
Highlights: OCCC creates centennial mosaic mural; RSU professors chronicle lives of Oklahoma women; OU produces interactive DVD about Oklahoma's political history; USAO/Oklahoma College for Women centennial exhibit; Oklahoma higher education's 2008 legislative agenda
November 10, 2007, #440 (22:54)
Highlights: closing the college achievement gap; importance of parental involvement; survey on faculty satisfaction; USAO receives top ranking in U.S. News and World Report; preventing violence against women on campus
November 3, 2007, #439 (22:53)
Highlights: book digitizing project raises questions; BYU pays students to evaluate faculty; online enrollment continues to grow; Oklahoma's Promise
October 27, 2007, #438 (22:53)
Highlights: OSU professor featured in Smithsonian; improving equity for minority historians; medical school enrollments increase; NSU reconnects with alumni; update on ReachHigher
October 20, 2007, #437 (22:54)
Highlights: CLASS Task Force update; new study on faculty political views; concerns about states' NCLB exams; understanding funding trends; career services offices on college campuses
October 13, 2007, #436 (22:53)
Highlights: graduation rates for student athletes; expansion of the OpenCourseWare program; comparing colleges' graduation rates; new ways to measure learning
October 6, 2007, #435 (22:53)
Highlights: Congress considers change to student records law; how the college admissions process shapes student attitudes; NSU Jazz Ensemble releases new CD; the challenging future for scientific researchers
September 29, 2007, #434 (22:51)
Highlights: federal lawmakers approve historic increase in student aid; faculty job satisfaction survey; campuses receive $1 million grant to help prevent violence against women; Oklahoma EPAS
September 22, 2007, #433 (22:53)
Highlights: college choices for high-achieving Hispanic students; Oklahoma's Promise CAPTC results; preparing high school students for college; update on campus alcohol issues
September 15, 2007, #432 (22:53)
Highlights: when student writing raises a "red flag"; international student recruiting; business schools offering "green" development programs; the "net" generation goes to college
September 8, 2007, #431 (22:55)
Highlights: early enrollment for athletes; student use of textbooks; professor uses Jon Stewart book as textbook; the value of undergraduate research
September 1, 2007, #430 (22:51)
Highlights: state system fall preview with Chancellor Glen D. Johnson
August 25, 2007, #429 (22:56)
Highlights: update on college persistence; wiki textbooks; OU fall preview
August 18, 2007, #428 (22:48)
Highlights: ACT results; USAO's Team Nova participates in national competition; state program receives grant to help alleviate nursing shortage; OSU fall preview
August 11, 2007, #427 (22:54)
Highlights: OSU releases state job forecast; new approaches to collegiate-level science teaching; differing ideas on MBA skills; regional university fall preview
August 4, 2007, #426 (22:53)
Highlights: university publishing in the digital age; the Ph.D. Completion Project; Faculty Communication 101; community college fall preview
July 28, 2007, #425 (22:54)
Highlights: technology transfer; alternatives to Social Security numbers as student I.D. numbers; FAA awards OU its largest-ever service contract; college access for the working poor
July 21, 2007, #424 (22:55)
Highlights: private student loans; computer time can add up to aches and pains; TCC textbook fund; legislative wrap-up with Chancellor Glen D. Johnson
July 14, 2007, #423 (22:48)
Highlights: a summer music special from Oklahoma's college campuses: the ECU Jazz Band performs Jazz Variations; the USAO Show Band performs Route 66; OSU faculty member Zarina Melik-Stepanova performs Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn by Johannes Brahms; the CU Civic Symphony performs Let the Bright Seraphim; OSU faculty member Thomas Lanners performs Sonata for Piano, No. 2, 2nd Movement by Ned Rorem
July 7, 2007, #422 (22:52)
Highlights: employment outcomes report; ECU receives U.S. Department of Agriculture grants; Teach for America; SWOSU Wind Ensemble performs George Washington Bicentennial March; OSU Wind Ensemble performs Stars and Stripes Forever
June 30, 2007, #421 (22:55)
Highlights: preventing cheating on online tests; Amazon takes on Google to digitize textbooks; deadline approaches for student loan consolidation; TCC students receive prestigious scholarship; black women and the "ivory tower"
June 23, 2007, #420 (22:53)
Highlights: early alert programs aim to prevent dropout; TSEIP; campuscalm.com; Virginia Tech report finds fault with privacy laws; first-generation college students
June 16, 2007, #419 (22:52)
Highlights: Oklahoma's Promise; groups challenging U.S. News and World Report college rankings; study about testing and human memory may help educators; digitizing library collections; helping low- income students become high achievers
June 9, 2007, #418 (22:55)
Highlights: annual "Condition of Education" report; robots spur interest in computer science; study shows more Americans value higher ed but worry about cost; OSU partners with rural electric cooperative to offer leadership series; students with learning disabilities
June 2, 2007, #417 (22:51)
Highlights: National Campus Security Summit; possible changes to the federal financial aid system; Florida college's efforts to recruit male students; OSU-OKC receives U.S. Department of Education grant; evaluating personal admissions essays
May 26, 2007, #416 (22:53)
Highlights: Campus Life and Safety and Security (CLASS) Task Force holds first meeting; ACT study shows not all core courses preparing students for college; high school students show improvement in U.S. history; LU breaks ground in Greenwood area of Tulsa; Scholars for Excellence in Child Care
May 19, 2007, #415 (22:54)
Highlights: dangers of heavy drinking in college; college recruiting and social networking sites; communicating with students via cell phones; NSU Jazz Ensemble produces top ten CD; Oklahoma Money Matters
May 12, 2007, #414 (22:50)
Highlights: OKcollegestart.org officially launched; job outlook for new college grads; site promotes Tulsa internships; Florida program for first-generation college students; "last-minute" enrollment
May 5, 2007, #413 (22:50)
Highlights: Governor's Taskforce on Campus Life and Safety and Security; effect of part-time student enrollment on faculty interaction; RSC's cyber security scholarship; helping troubled college students
April 28, 2007, #412 (22:53)
Highlights: study shows states making progress in education reform; 40-year survey on incoming college freshmen; state community colleges pursue accreditation for early childhood education; OPSU students tutoring elementary students; adult students and the "hidden college"
April 21, 2007, #411 (22:55)
Highlights: campus response to student death; results of National Curriculum Study; new student-campus matching Web site; faculty bias
April 14, 2007, #410 (22:52)
Highlights: survey on student political awareness; software not improving student performance; GRE changes abandoned; ECU to embed service learning into curriculum; Spellings Commission update
April 7, 2007, #409 (22:53)
Highlights: update on federal funding for higher education; EDGE Endowment; occupational students; new technology aids assessment; technology literacy
March 31, 2007, #408 (22:49)
Highlights: diploma mills; simplified FAFSA proposed; "helicopter" parents; OU diabetes center; international branch campuses
March 24, 2007, #407 (22:53)
Highlights: Oklahoma's Promise funding update; study on rural students and college preparation and attendance; professor researches "mind wandering" in college students; immersive learning
March 17, 2007, #406 (22:57)
Highlights: nationwide rebound in higher education funding; students and credit cards; closing the "degree gap"; OSU's rural health report; a new look at Millennials
March 10, 2007, #405 (22:57)
Highlights: Oklahoma's Promise funding update; effect of college rankings on funding levels; DREAM Institute scholarship; student prep survey paradox; undergraduate research
March 3, 2007, #404 (22:49)
Highlights: illegal file sharing on college campuses; increase in private donations to higher education; OU-Tulsa health initiative; OSU-OKC's digital media studio; discussion with Chancellor Glen D. Johnson about the 2007 legislative session
February 24, 2007, #403 (22:51)
Highlights: campuses respond to winter illnesses; results of a national college president survey; Florida program for first-generation college students; TCC's new community campuses; "green" campuses
February 17, 2007, #402 (22:36)
Highlights: capital bond allocation for OSU; early alert programs; cooperative alliances; High School Indicators Project
February 10, 2007, #401 (22:37)
Highlights: Pell Grants; Teacher Shortage Employment Incentive Program (TSEIP); OSU students receive volunteer award; NWOSU centennial celebration; Reach Higher - Oklahoma's Degree Completion Program
February 3, 2007, #352 (22:54)
Highlights: Gov. Henry announces funding plan for Oklahoma's Promise; effects of Sept. 11 on academic freedom; student programs modeled after "The Apprentice"; Governor's Cup business plan competition; completing the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid)
January 27, 2007, #351 (23:24)
Highlights: U.S. House passes student loan interest reduction; clues about the gender gap; Web sites for ratings of professors by students; conversation with Chancellor Glen D. Johnson
January 20, 2007, #350 (22:39)
Highlights: scholarpedia.org; existing workforce training; LU receives grant from HUD; OPSU dean named to OCAST committee; college and workforce preparation
January 13, 2007, #349 (22:56)
Highlights: rebound for state funding; national study on binge drinking; CASC president retiring; laid-off auto workers reluctant to pursue higher education; teaching entrepreneurship
January 6, 2007, #348 (23:01)
Highlights: Oklahoma College Savings Plan; Oklahoma Scholars Program; OSU proposes tobacco ban; online degrees in foreign languages; financial aid for adult students
December 30, 2006, #347 (23:09)
Highlights: ECU students perform "Let It Snow"; USAO students perform "The Gift"; UCO students perform "Resonet In Laudibis"; NOC students perform an excerpt from Handel's "Messiah"; NSU students perform "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"; SWOSU and Weatherford-area high school students perform a Christmas medley
December 23, 2006, #346 (23:03)
Highlights: UCO students perform "Sing We Now of Christmas"; SWOSU students perform "The Twelve Days of Christmas"; NSU students perform "The Little Drummer Boy"; USAO students perform "Hear the Bells"; ECU students perform "Dance of the Reed Pipes"; NOC students perform "Hallelujah Chorus"
December 16, 2006, #345 (23:52)
Highlights: new approach to textbook writing; internationalizing college campuses; civic engagement on campuses during the holidays; job prospects for December graduates; copyright issues on campuses
December 9, 2006, #344 (24:01)
Highlights: recommendations from a national legislative group; use of advisors by community college students; more public colleges using commercial marketing techniques; concurrent enrollment increases at OCCC; U.S. Department of Education action plan on accreditation
December 2, 2006, #343 (23:29)
Highlights: workforce development training; libraries of the future; Tuition Impact Analysis Report; Oklahoma's Promise/OHLAP state champions; online learning
November 25, 2006, #342 (23:47)
Highlights: TABOR defeated in three states; student engagement benefits minority students; Thanksgiving pre-college checklist; LU plans for increasing diversity in enrollment; extracurricular activities
November 18, 2006, #341 (23:04)
Highlights: Higher education and the new Congress; campus voter turnout; link between part-time instructors and graduation rates; NSU's new mascot; understanding and preventing high school and college dropout
November 11, 2006, #340 (23:12)
Highlights: Tulsa Regional Medical Center gets a new name; textbook publishing; Oklahoma showcases technology-based initiatives; non-degree students on campus
November 4, 2006, #339 (22:55)
Highlights: Oklahoma higher education budget needs; Oklahoma Financial Aid Exchange (OFAX); study shows students lacking information literacy skills; college yearbooks; information technology issues on campus
October 28, 2006, #338 (22:50)
Highlights: the state's Workforce Development Initiative; campus campaign activities; Oklahoma ranks third in country in volunteers; NSU science center opening; teaching methods beyond lecturing
October 21, 2006, #337 (22:56)
Highlights: rising cost of insurance on college campuses; online college texts; report on adult learners; teacher education programs
October 14, 2006, #336 (23:00)
Highlights: connection between appropriations and graduation rates; study shows young adults lack basic career skills; RSC forms cooperative alliance; TCC eastside outreach site; diversity on campus
October 7, 2006, #335 (23:11)
Highlights: study shows college students lack knowledge of American history; new National Weather Center dedication; OSU body armor research; early college application; governing boards
September 23, 2006, #333 (22:31)
Highlights: completion rates for low-income and minority students; diversity among graduate students; Oklahoma College Savings Taskforce; update on OSRHE's nursing initiative; earning college credit in high school
September 16, 2006, #332 (23:25)
Highlights: lottery/capital bond update; remediation costs; conversation with new RSC President Terry Britton; computerized canines; tribal colleges' collaboration with Oklahoma public colleges and universities
September 9, 2006, #331 (22:56)
Highlights: status of new federal grants; Education Department responds to federal commission recommendations; colleges prepare for Perkins Act changes; state AP scores at all-time high; higher education serving the military
September 2, 2006, #330 (22:26)
Highlights: putting science degrees to work; measuring international students' English skills; conversation with new NWOSU President Janet Cunningham; grade inflation
August 26, 2006, #329 (23:16)
Highlights: students' online behavior; foster children and higher education; distractions hinder learning; OSU smoking cessation programs; college fairs
August 19, 2006, #328 (23:48)
Highlights: ACT results; advice for incoming college freshmen; TCC's new health sciences learning center; conversation with OU President David Boren
August 12, 2006, #327 (23:17)
Highlights: college paths of career tech students; academic engagement; entrepreneurs in college; OU receives $9 million bequest; conversation with OSU President David Schmidly
August 5, 2006, #326 (22:54)
Highlights: online tutoring; high school exit exams; SOSU ranks high for American Indian graduation rate; university chefs participate in Culinary Challenge; regional universities overview
July 29, 2006, #325 (23:23)
Highlights: GEAR UP awards EOSC multi-million dollar grant; lottery meets funding goals; world premiere of Te Ata play at USAO; conversation with new ECU President Richard Rafes; community college overview
July 22, 2006, #324 (23:30)
Highlights: OU/MG connection; higher ed gender gap continues; campus health centers; students managing education debt; transfer students
July 15, 2006, #323 (22:45)
Highlights: Regents propose consultant to aid in chancellor search; program addresses healthcare worker shortage; demographic trends favorable for higher education; state spending on student financial aid; guide to buying a laptop; textbook issues on campus
July 8, 2006, #322 (22:44)
Highlights: new Welfare rules; Academic Competitiveness Grants; colleges clamp down on credit card payments; ECU receives grant; parents' guide to planning for college
July 1, 2006, #321 (23:17)
Highlights: interview with Chancellor Paul G. Risser; SREB praises Oklahoma's higher education efforts; online assessment tools; OSU professor among leading world researchers in electronic customer relationship management; higher education budget
June 24, 2006, #320 (22:43)
Highlights: Oklahoma College Savings Plan Taskforce; campus facilities influence enrollment decision; new online tool to improve writing skills; Oklahoma's Promise-OHLAP deadline
June 17, 2006, #319 (24:07)
Highlights: U.S. Supreme Court to hear race-conscious placement issue; federal funding cuts threatening American Indian medical training centers; mistake in federal student loan legislation creates confusion; SOSU receives gifts from Choctaw Nation and Chickasaw Nation; disabled students on campus
June 10, 2006, #318 (22:47)
Highlights: SAT scores; future of textbooks; UCO joins Green Power Partnership; new OU degree could save endangered languages; service learning
June 3, 2006, #317 (23:26)
Highlights: adult learners; workplace/college readiness skills; UCO hosts Endeavor Games; OSU only U.S. school to perform at Japanese concert; using technology to recruit students
May 27, 2006, #316 (45:33)
Highlights: soaring construction prices affect Oklahoma college and university capital projects; ACE report on student employment; The College Board offers AP Chinese courses; report on higher education faculty salaries; fundraising for community colleges; TCC pilot training program acquires new technology; OCCC childbirth and neonatal care nursing program; OU-Tulsa/Tulsa Public Schools leadership pilot program; RSC physics and engineering students demo hovercraft; summer on campus
May 20, 2006, #315 (45:38)
Highlights: new federal grant programs; guaranteed admission program for Virginia students; college libraries entering new age; U.K., Australia vie with U.S. for Indian students; sustainability on campus; OSU develops new body armor; RSU Equestrian Center; CU history professor receives fellowship; OU racing team; financial issues for college students
May 13, 2006, #314 (46:05)
Highlights: differences in financial aid awards to dependent and independent students; FDNY and California college partner to offer online degree program; study analyzes college choice; loan debt could affect career choices; relationship between states and public institutions; OU's OK-TEEM program; UCO graphic design exhibit; MSC gunsmithing program; OPSU psychology faculty and students present research; finding a first job
May 6, 2006, #313 (46:03)
Highlights: Governor's Cup; recruitment and retention of American Indian students; Ph.D. completion rates; EDGE endowment;
Economic Development Grant for Partnership Recognition Program; mumps; SOSU theatre director awarded fellowship; OU reduces size of freshman English classes; OCCC speed-learning class; sophomore slump
April 29, 2006, #312 (45:43)
Highlights: college grads going to big cities; correlation between college selection and pay/job status; DEPSCoR grants; academic research space expanding; National Commission on the Future of Higher Education; CU professor's movie accepted to festival; OSU converting sorghum into ethanol; RSC offers free remedial summer program; UCO switching to wind power; OU and weather research
April 22, 2006, #311 (45:39)
Highlights: college rankings databases; African-Americans and Hispanics in STEM fields; federal Title IX review; standup.org; biotechnology and higher education; LU receives largest gift in school history; SOSU hosts opera festival; EOSU track and field program returns; OU program to curb pharmacy shortage; AP courses
April 15, 2006, #310 (45:09)
Highlights: Higher Education Act renewed; child care providers and higher education; Oklahoma job growth; multiculturalism; OU-Tulsa urban design project; OSU's publishes Oklahoma Women's Almanac; OCCC to aid Hispanic businesses; UCO partners with Indian colleges; Oklahoma College Savings Plan
April 8, 2006, #309 (45:36)
Highlights: sophomore slump; athletics at community colleges; economicdiversity.org; college cost forum; the jobs of the future/hot degrees; SWOSU's SURE-STEP Workshop; "Redlands on the Road" travel program; OU professors helping Thai students; CU receives largest donation in school's history; choosing a college
April 1, 2006, #308 (45:00)
Highlights: Research Day; performing arts facilities on college campuses; colleges without grades; recruiting foreign students; alumni associations; OSU-Okmulgee's career readiness certificate program; endowed chairs; OPSU 's online nursing degree; OCCC class project turns into cab company; scholarship searches
March 25, 2006, #307 (45:00)
Highlights: Oklahoma population increase; Hispanic-serving institutions; ACE's "Solutions for Our Future" campaign; college women polled about spring break behavior; general education requirements; NSU optomotry professor receives grant from Navy; UCO "Good to Great" campaign seeks student input; RSU's online entrepreneur program; campus visits
March 18, 2006, #306 (45:29)
Highlights: Supreme Court upholds college military recruiting law; ACT study reports lack of reading skills; GEAR UP mentoring/campus visit program; Partners Conference for Oklahoma Families; remediation; OU alum promotes school on Telemundo; OSRHE grants to help spur economic development in the state; new radar system installed at USAO; Tallgrass Prairie Retreat; Summer Academies
March 11, 2006, #305 (45:00)
Highlights: OSRHE nursing initiative; breaks lessen chance of finishing degree; online classes on the rise; TRIO programs again face elimination; legislative agenda; OSU-OKC nation's first college to certify child passenger safety techs; LU performs at Honda's Battle of the Bands; OU aims to lead diabetes research; RCC wine appreciation course; leadership
March 4, 2006, #304 (45:01)
Highlights: Oklahoma's Promise application online; VOICE Month of Action; literacy study; sexual harassment on campus; technology transfer; UCO to provide nursing classes at RSC; OCCC expanding for health profession classes; OSU helping ranchers cope with drought; SWOSU honors its youngest donor; choosing a major
February 25, 2006, #303 (45:01)
Highlights: Tribute to Chancellor Emeritus Hans Brisch; eligible students not applying for Pell Grants; GRE postpones new format; Oklahoma's research funding growth; plagiarism; OSU-OKC outreach office at OKC Stockyards; OPSU joins Army's ConAP program; NSU selected as Adult Degree Completion Program lead institution; ECU professor proposes new national park in Michigan; pre-med students
February 18, 2006, #302 (44:58)
Highlights: TRIO Day at the State Capitol; Higher Ed Day; iTunesU; report indicates U.S.-Asian engineering gap overstated; LU and the role of Historically Black Colleges and Universities; Garth Brooks in OSU TV ads; NSU students provide tax preparation assistance; UCO/OCU study links higher ed and belief in paranormal; OU receives grant to preserve Native American drawings; Oklahoma Scholar Leadership Enrichment Program (OSLEP)
February 11, 2006, #301 (44:59)
Highlights: study on the rising cost of textbooks; salaries for MBAs; book examines young professionals after college; OCAST internships for small business research and development; GEAR UP; TCC nanotechnology program; UCO free parking lot for HOV; CU launches centennial fundraising campaign; OUHSC's accelerated nursing program; College Goal Sunday
February 4, 2006, #300 (45:00)
Highlights: two-year anniversary of College Connection; Hurricane Katrina evacuees stay at Oklahoma campuses; Gov. Henry to announce education budget plans; study shows many college students lack basic skills; USAO and the value of liberal education; USAO becomes first state university to go entirely wireless; OSU-CHS Web site to support first-year medical students; OU College of Journalism in U.S. State Department program; SEOSU mascot change; associate degrees
January 28, 2006, #252 (45:00)
Highlights: Oklahoma teachers rank seventh in national quality survey; Pres. Bush unveils "critical language" plan; professor studying why students procrastinate; Oklahoma receives NGA grant for teacher development; OSRHE public agenda; NSU professor researches once-"extinct" woodpecker; OPSU student travels to Oman for royal rodeo; OSU CHS research on pet therapy for the elderly; RCC equine science student adopts wild horses; Cash for College
January 21, 2006, #251 (45:01)
Highlights: Oklahoma's Promise funding; DVDs offer glimpse into college life; Student Advisory Board proposal goes to Legislature; Tulsa economy experiencing strong growth; advocacy workshop; college fair for GM workers; ECU/DOD partnership in McAlester; OSU-OKC PRIDE program; OU researcher discovers new way to treat anthrax; mentoring
January 14, 2006, #250 (45:01)
Highlights: state appropriations for higher education up nationwide; students want balance of IT and personal instruction; high school counselors urge to change SAT; Oklahoma population growth; EDGE; OSU computer program predicts box office success; SEOSU Brain Gain grant for adult learners; UCO wins state quality award for performance measures; residential life
January 7, 2006, #249 (45:03)
Highlights: state experiences revenue surplus; National Governors Association awards college prep grant to Oklahoma; how colleges save on energy costs; Wikipedia; role of economic development centers on college campuses; OCAST award to OUHSC for Internet health project; RSU degree in computer game development; USAO collaborates with Office of Oklahoma Art in Public Places; ECU opens Native American Studies Center; FAFSA
December 31, 2005, #248 (45:01)
Highlights: SWOSU students perform a Christmastime medley; the RSC chorus performs "Silent Night"; the NOC college choir performs three selections from their Christmas concert; NSU students perform five songs from their Christmas Celebration benefit concert; NSU and SWOSU students perform jazz versions of popular Christmas songs
December 24, 2005, #247 (45:02)
Highlights: USAO students perform selections from their Madrigal Dinner; OCCC students perform their vocal Christmas concert, including a special arrangement of "Jingle Bells"; SWOSU students perform their Christmas concert, including a barbershop quartet of "Jolly Old St. Nicholas"; SWOSU and high school students perform "Tuba Christmas"
December 17, 2005, #246 (45:02)
Highlights: Oklahoma Supreme Court approves bonds for endowed chairs; Tulsa ranked as "hot" city for entrepreneurs; language immersion dorms; more Americans earning science PhDs; improving access to higher education; NWOSU's Woodward branch campus to have new home; OU grant to help schools use video games for learning; USAO receives Program of Excellence grant; OCCC experiences increase in Hispanic students; home-schooled students
December 10, 2005, #245 (45:02)
Highlights: higher education responds to GM plant closing; Oklahoma's Promise enrollment growth; cooperative alliances with career techs; federal education budget bill status; math and science teacher shortage and the Teacher Shortage Employment Incentive Program (TSEIP); conversation with new OCCC president, Dr. Paul Sechrist; OSU's Don Nickles Fellowship Program; NSU named "best regional university" by Oklahoma Living; RSC Summer Bridge Program; college applications
December 3, 2005, #244 (45:03)
Highlights: job outlook survey; high-risk students in community colleges; ACE recommendations; agricultural education; career services workshop; Exxon gift to OU College of Engineering; RCC Program of Excellence grant; UCO to host Paralympic trials; college finals
November 26, 2005, #243 (45:03)
Highlights: study predicts income decline; research on adjunct professors; assesment methods for liberal education; unifying national teacher test scores; women in science; Stillwater Academy for Lifelong Learners; Business Commercialization Center established at SWOSU; OPSU Program of Excellence Grant; RSU dedicates Bartlesville campus; dealing with depression among college students
November 19, 2005, #242 (45:01)
Highlights: international enrollments on the rebound; laptops in class questioned; report on unmet financial need; internships key to graduate hiring; OKC Chamber initiative; OSU student elected FFA national president; LU rehab grants; UCO working toward golf management accreditation; CU Arabic courses; understanding the independent student
November 12, 2005, #241 (45:03)
Highlights: collegiate business plan competition; group to match Oklahoma College Savings Plan contributions; more students study Chinese language; incentives for student athletes; adult degree completion program; TCC gaming degree program; OU going wireless; RSC professor's song selected for movie soundtrack; college transfer
November 5, 2005, #240 (45:02)
Highlights: Colorado's TABOR referendum; student sleep deprivation; high school senior survey; SREB's Sloan Semester; higher education budget needs; OETA considering move to TCC's metro campus; OU's Chinese degree program; UCO's fashion marketing degree program; OSU's Atherton Hotel featured in Southern Living; distance learning
October 29, 2005, #239 (45:02)
Highlights: Oklahoma tuition and fees ranking; Oklahoma AP scores; GRE makeover; facebook.com; Brain Gain funding concept; OSU-Tulsa/TCC dual enrollment agreement; OU aviation program earns accreditation; RSC/LU GEAR UP partnership; NWOSU nursing lab gift; health care workers
October 22, 2005, #238 (45:01)
Highlights: Oklahoma Women in Higher Education Conference; Research Day; healthcare costs for higher education employees; national report on student success at public colleges; EDGE update; Oklahoma Higher Education Hall of Fame; Mikhail Gorbachev to speak at ECU; UCO celebrates National Chemistry Week; RSC e-degree option; campus safety and security
October 15, 2005, #237 (45:01)
Highlights: preliminary fall enrollment report; EDGE Research Workshop; ACT researchers release findings on test takers; outsourcing report; student engagement; OPSU boosing Hispanic enrollment; new KOSU tower; OU Research and Training Institute; RCC's Club Scrub; retention efforts
October 8, 2005, #236 (45:03)
Highlights: Higher Education Act reauthorization; women in science; college faculty attitude study; IntellectualTakeout.com; Scholars for Excellence in Child Care research; OU Student Retention Taskforce; NOC theatre partnership; RSC staffer appointed Rotarian team leader; NSU "senior" Homecoming Queen; Oklahoma's Promise (OHLAP)
October 1, 2005, #235 (44:58)
Highlights: Census Bureau reports education gains; student aid and college tax credits; salary gains; free academic blogs; biotechnology and higher education; OSU-Tulsa goes wireless; OU receives "Storm Ready" designation; NEOA&M partners with OWU; RSU unveils new mascot; student information portal
September 24, 2005, #234 (45:02)
Highlights: study on improving college readiness and success; marriage and doctoral degree study; Hispanics and federal student aid; VOICE Voter Registration Contest; higher education and disabilities; conversation with new LU president, Dr. JoAnn Haysbert; OU student receives astronaut scholarship; UCO Passport program; concurrent enrollment
September 17, 2005, #233 (45:04)
Highlights: SAT results; Student Leadership Retreat; INROADS program; enrollment gains of Native Americans; highly qualified teachers; UCO Policy Institute; OSU electronic monitoring device; OCCC Bricktown Canal mural; RSU theatre program; freshman survival 101
September 10, 2005, #232 (45:01)
Highlights: results of student preparation study; new survey on college students and credit cards; debt management chat event; college president hoping to change Jay Leno's opinion of community colleges; OSU and OU alternative fuels research; OU's ranking in degrees awarded to minority students; RSC wetlands project; OSU-Okmulgee's program for high-voltage linemen; NEO's Norse Road; Oklahoma higher education's response to Hurricane Katrina
September 3, 2005, #231 (45:01)
Highlights: distribution
of preparing for college information; Business Roundtable focuses on math and
science careers; economics enrollments up nationally; salary trends for recent
college grads; ACT results; UCO's
leadership program; Creek Nation awards OSU-Okmulgee nursing scholarships;
OCCC's Arts Festival Oklahoma; RSC aquatics program recognized nationally;
state system fall overview
August 27, 2005, #230 (45:00)
Highlights: ACT
results; U.S. News and World Report college
rankings; censorship of student publications; Princeton University's University
Channel; workforce education; OSU's
Conoco-Phillips Alumni Center; DREAM Institute scholarship winners; OHLAP-Oklahoma's
Promise helps foster children attend college; technology on campus; OSU fall
overview
August 20, 2005, #229 (45:02)
Highlights: report on Internet's impact on the classroom; student volunteering worth billions; Oklahoma awarded second GEAR UP grant; conversation with new OCAST director; OHLAP Urban Initiative results; OCCC bioinformatics program; CU Duncan branch receives grant; "social norm" approach for moderating student drinking; OSU building projects; cooperative alliances
August 13, 2005, #228 (45:02)
Highlights: OU student retention study; College Board to monitor AP courses; OSU English as a Second Language program; regional university fall overview; UCO Jazz Lab
August 6, 2005, #227 (45:02)
Highlights: SREB report findings; research and development spending up; OU's wild bird database; UCO/RSC partnership; community college fall overview; RSU's Bit-by-Bit Therapeutic Horse Riding Program
July 30, 2005, #226 (45:02)
Highlights: "helicopter" parents; UCO students design restaurant; Campus Compact conference; cyber counseling; OU's robotics program
July 23, 2005, #225 (44:58)
Highlights: remedial
courses help students complete degrees; USAO's Team NOVA; test assesses students'
technological abilities; conversation with Larry Dean Jewell, paraplegic
student at OSU-Okmulgee; the importance of grant writing on campuses; SWOSU's
50th annual Band Camp
July 16, 2005, #224 (45:01)
Highlights: Colorado's College Opportunity Fund; student borrowing on the increase nationally; Scholars for Excellence in Child Care; online courses grow; energy-related programs at Oklahoma colleges and universities; creating learning environments
July 9, 2005, #223 (45:03)
Highlights: Brain Gain performance funding; pharmacy degrees; discussions with outgoing State Regents' chair Jimmy Harrel and incoming chair Cheryl Hunter; USAO's plan to enhance its historic mission; OneNet; RSC weather project
July 2, 2005, #222 (45:02)
Highlights: 2005-06 tuition and mandatory fee rates; National Guard tuition waivers; TANF program; OCCC hosts Oklahoma Film Institute; academic freedom; Summer Academies in Math and Science
June 25, 2005, #221 (45:02)
Highlights: Oklahoma students named to USA Today All-USA Academic Team; SWOSU wins national diabetes education award; faculty salaries; OSU students create muffin for NASA; student interest declining in IT-related fields; role of higher education in Oklahoma aviation
June 18, 2005, #220 (45:02)
Highlights: Consitution Day requirement; national financial aid amount small; students attend multiple colleges to get degree; ACT executive retires; OHLAP deadline approaching; campus
fitness centers
June 11, 2005, #219 (45:02)
Highlights: Senate
Bill 982; LU historian; changes to AP courses; new testing for teachers;
role of economic development centers on college campuses; RCC's
Agriculture and Equine Program
June 4, 2005, #218 (45:02)
Highlights: state appropriations to higher education; student loan consolidation; concerns about Google's library scanning project; OPSU drinking and driving prevention event; review of legislative session; USAO's Kiowa language expert
May 28, 2005, #217 (45:02)
Highlights: OCSP
state income tax deduction increased to $10,000; "money for college" promise to military comes under fire; Library of Congress joins Internet2; several states adopt college prep curriculum;
recruitment of students from Southeast Asia; SWOSU and Clinton
High School help math and science teachers; OSU professor to offer conflict
solutions; ECU's Quick Advantage Entrepreneurship
Program; international diabetes group establishes
U.S. office at OUHSC; Hispanic students on Oklahoma college campuses
May 21, 2005, #216 (45:00)
Highlights: U.S.
Congress action on Perkins Act; education benefit increased for reservists
and National Guard; 15-nation study by the Education Policy Institute;
teacher training study; summer on Oklahoma college campuses; USAO's Team Nova;
CASC's academic reprieve program; NEO student wins international award; RCC
offers programs to aid grape-growing industry; cooperative alliances
May 14, 2005, #215 (45:01)
Highlights: computer
access in public schools; researchers study possible liberal bias in advancement
of college faculty; unusual scholarships; USDE proposes new system for collecting
student data; crisis at the core – college
readiness; OSU scholarship announcement;
CU students win business plan competition; OU's Think 15 program; Summer Academies
deadline; how seniors can get ready for college
May 7, 2005, #214 (45:04)
Highlights: Pell Grant changes; research and the
Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST); women in tenure track positions; impact of the open job market on the teaching profession; legislative funding update; new weather radar at USAO; plagiarism detection software; OSU professor named 2005 Oklahoma Chemist; SWOSU students win national network design contest; college retention
April 30, 2005, #213 (45:02)
Highlights: National
LambdaRail; research endowment (S.B. 918); dual credit programs; Oklahoma College
Savings Plan; National Weather Service/OU Meteorology storm season preparation; OCCC's $100,000
economic development grant; CU's Center for Emerging Technology and Entrepreneurial
Studies; Fast Track
LPN-to-RN program at NEOA&M; Minority Teacher Recruitment Program; the role
of high school guidance counselors
April 23, 2005, #212 (45:02)
Highlights: record
number of college graduates; Annual Financial Aid Report; nationwide
decline in elementary school social studies; GEAR UP Essay Contest;
Oklahoma Money Matters/Financial Literacy Week; OU-Tulsa's nutrition
classes for children; TCC receives TRIO grant; OPSU Education Advancement
Grant; serving students with disabilities; OHLAP Urban Initiative
April 15, 2005, #211 (45:03)
Highlights: OHLAP
funding update; lottery start-up; National Commission on Accountability in
Higher Education report; job prospects for new college graduates; Udall Scholarship
recipients; higher education mandatory costs; Rural Economic Development
Summits; petroleum engineering students on the rise; impact of international
students on Oklahoma higher education
April 9, 2005, #210 (45:01)
Highlights: EPSCoR
grants; EPAS annual report; economic development grants; fast track-to-college
recommendations; Oklahoma higher education's legislative agenda; OSU selected as National
Center of Academic Excellence for Information Assurance Education; OU/NASA
wireless internet research; OCCC's new online learning program; CU graphic
design students finalists in national contest; mental health services on
campus
April 2, 2005, #209 (45:01)
Highlights: nationwide
decline in elementary school social studies; National Commission on Accountability in Higher Education report; public school teacher aptitude study; National Weather Service/OU Meteorology storm season preparation; petroleum engineering
students on the rise; CU Center for Emerging Technology and
Entrepreneurial Studies; OPSU education
advancement grant; USAO Spring Triad; impact of international students on
Oklahoma higher education
March 26, 2005, #208 (45:01)
Highlights:
OCAST faculty-student intern partnership program; decline in foreign students
applying for graduate school; Oklahoma Student Loan Authority; outsourcing
on college campuses; OU's "Big Event";
OCCC Capitol Hill Center; UCO credit card finance program; Title III grant
benefits USAO; financial aid deadlines
March 19, 2005, #207 (45:03)
Highlights: higher
education capital bond issue; OHLAP House Bill 1357; MBA graduate study; distance
education in K-12; teaching the Millennials; alternative spring
break; ECU Angel Investment Program; OU purchases new planes; NSU launching economic development Web
site; remediation
March 12, 2005, #206 (45:03)
Highlights: charitable
contributions to higher education; OK-Share library program; impact of market
forces on higher education; analysis of benefits of higher education; Key
Indicators of Accountability report; OSU professor wins
Medal of Excellence from the Oklahoma Foundation of Excellence; OU professors choose e-books to help students
save money; LU marching band participates in Honda Battle of the Bands; NSU
student's American
Idol experience
impacts campus; Summer Academies in Math and Science
March 5, 2005, #205 (45:03)
Highlights: construction
costs on college campuses; spring preliminary enrollment report; financial
aid scams; IT spending survey; implementation of recent state questions; NWOSU Small Business
Institute team places second in national competition; OCCC Women in Science
Careers Conference; new mouse species named after OSU president; RCC/Mercy
Hospital partnership; Oklahoma Money Matters
February 26, 2005, #204 (45:02)
Highlights: Brain
Gain efforts; Teacher Loan Forgiveness Program; minority enrollment in higher
education; diploma mills; federal budget impact; Devon Energy gift
to OSU; Children's Theater program at EOSC; NSU honors former legislators;
OSU-Okmulgee student achieves goals; VOICE Month of Action
February 19, 2005, #203 (44:59)
Highlights: federal
budget impact on GEAR UP; HERI-UCLA study on racial/ethnic views; Public Agenda
survey on life after high school; NanoBioMagnetics receives honors; OneNet
and economic development; UCO's American Democracy
Project conference; NSU's second-year retention program; NSU to offer Cherokee
language degree program; Higher Education Day at the Capitol; TRIO Week
February 12, 2005, #202 (45:01)
Highlights: federal
education budget; remediation report; High School Indicators Project; professor
suggests phasing out federal financial aid; 2005 legislative agenda; OSU vet medicine
bioterrorism research grant; UCO receives science and arts grants; CU students
provide tax help; RSU to launch honors program; honors programs
February 5, 2005, #201 (45:02)
Highlights: future
of TRIO programs; college graduation rates; distance learning programs; more
students passing AP exams; gender shift on college campuses; College Goal Sunday;
OSU vice president climbs Mount Kilimanjaro; MSC president teaching history
course; SWOSU centennial book; higher education centers
January 29, 2005, #152 (45:00)
Highlights: top
jobs for college graduates; AP courses; cyber security
on college campuses; Google library project; Higher Education Act reauthorization
- changes to financial aid; TCC's Baby Signs
course; RSU acquires Bartlesville building; OPSU music professor
to perform at Carnegie Hall; CASC president named president of North Central;
academic support for student athletes
January 22, 2005, #151 (45:01)
Highlights: capital
bond issue press conference; Pell Grant changes; Achieve's Expectations Gap
report; EDGE research update; OCCC named one of
the fastest-growing colleges; OSU English courses for foreign pilots and
air-traffic controllers; SWOSU Positive Futures for Native American Youth
project; TCC professor named Oklahoma Professor of the Year; first-year college
experience
January 15, 2005, #150 (45:02)
Highlights: Oklahoma
Mesonet award; NCAA academic reform update; Gates Foundation grants for "early
college" high schools; educational endowments; capital bond issue update; OCCC human patient
simulator; OSU-CHS telemedicine network; land gift to RSU; $1 million
donation to EOSC; Cash for College
January 8, 2005, #149 (45:03)
Highlights: State
Regents' public agenda; state spending on higher education; Governor’s Cup Collegiate Business Plan Competition; economic developmentand higher education; OSU partnership
to develop new body armor; CU professor elected president of American
Chemical Society; NSU hosts Oklahoma War Archive; LU researcher; college
endowments
January 1, 2005, #148* (45:02)
Highlights: scholarship
scam; NSU professer assists U.S. Olympians; TCC distance learning accreditation;
OU's food bank; conversation with new MSC president, Dr. William Pennington;
early childhood education; Oklahoma musicians
*rebroadcast of July 24, 2004, edition
December 25, 2004, #147* (45:00)
Highlights: CU
students perform "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town," "Up on the Rooftop," "Deck the Halls," "O Holy Night" and "Silent Night"; SWOSU students perform "Carol of the Bells" and "Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day"; SWOSU students perform "Christmas Medley," "A Maiden Most Gentle," and "Sussex Mummers’ Christmas Carol"; USAO students perform selections from Vivaldi’s “Gloria”
*special edition featuring holiday music from three of Oklahoma's regional universities
December 18, 2004, #146 (45:02)
Highlights: Tuition
Impact Analysis Report; legislative agenda; OSU federal research funding; campus
Web sites; OneNet helping state agencies; NSU $10 million
science center; LU physics professor; RSU acquires building; KCCU-FM highlight;
Native Americans and higher education
December 11, 2004, #145 (45:03)
Highlights: higher
education capital bond issue project list; Best Practices in Marketing, Recruitment,
and Student Financial Aid Workshop; Mapping Your Future chat events; Pell Grant
legislation; TRIO programs; SEOSU/Paris (TX) Junior
College agreement; RCC/Mercy Health Center partnership; NWOSU president appointment
to national committee; campus charitable events
December 4, 2004, #144 (45:01)
Highlights: the
value of state investment in research; transition from homeschool to college;
NCES study on dropout rates; community college students; higher education in
rural Oklahoma; conversation with
new
director of the Downtown College
Consortium, Gary Davidson;
OUHSC's viral vaccine research grant; OSU academic gift; OSU-OKC's paramedic-to-nurse
program; remediation
November 27, 2004, #143* (45:00)
Highlights: college
graduation rates; employers' need for "soft skills" from college
graduates; new computer system at RCC's goat-milking facility; conversation
with EOSC's President Richard Bernard; NCAA reforms; film making and
Oklahoma's college campuses
*rebroadcast of June 26, 2004, edition
November 20, 2004, #142 (45:02)
Highlights: teacher
diversity; job outlook for college seniors; investing in research; grant for
OU's Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History honored; course redesign
project; TCC's concurrent
enrollment program; OSU research investment; SWOSU care packages for soldiers;
SSC's new employment center; studying abroad
November 13, 2004, #141 (44:59)
Highlights: state
funding for community colleges; youth vote; Hispanic Student Center; expert
claims college savings programs favor rich; funding and opportunity crises; OU's Student Academic
Services Center; NOC's Northern Thunder Club; OSU-Okmulgee cybersecurity
certification; RSU's economic impact; earning college credit early
November 6, 2004, #140 (45:01)
Highlights: Brain
Gain improvement grants; NCAA's graduation project; EOSC's Department of Justice
grant; EPSCoR Women in Science Conference; National LambdaRail; OU-Tulsa's Early
Childhood Institute; UCO's Poverty Awareness Week; TCC's Native American business
degree program; parental involvement in EPAS
October 30, 2004, #139 (45:04)
Highlights: College
Board's Education Pays survey; college rankings;
Advancement of Hispanic Students in Higher Education
Task Force; VOICE Voter Mobilization Day; OU and OSU cooperative programs; Who
Wants to Be an Entrepreneur? workshop; OSU literacy project; USAO
Getty grant; Weathernews at OU; scholarship searches
October 23, 2004, #138 (45:02)
Highlights: ACT
report on college readiness; Oklahoma GEAR UP awarded SBC Foundation grant;
Education Trust's No Child Left Behind study; lack of diversity in health professions;
gender disparity on college campuses; TCC hosts Senate
debate; EOSC nursing program; LU physical therapy doctorate program; RSU
students participate in Washington Center Internship Program; student loans
October 16, 2004, #137 (45:04)
Highlights: Pell
Institute study about college affordability for lower-income families; lack
of FAFSA applications; Oklahoma College Savings Plan piggy bank giveaway;
UCO forensics science program grant; accreditation; OSU students receive
Tylenol Scholarships; CU professor's documentary featured at
2004 Berkeley Video & Film Festival; NSU-BA expansion;
TCC's Hump Day Seminar series; campus housing
October 9, 2004, #136 (45:04)
Highlights: fall
enrollment numbers; Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's
Education At a Glance report; laptops
in the classroom; Science Education Resource Virtual Diversity
Center; Nov. 2 state questions; OSU-OKC's degree
program for electrical utility linemen; OU's adult nurse practitioner program;
UCO's Passport project; college fairs; applying for college
October 2, 2004, #135 (45:04)
Highlights: 2004
Southern Innovation Index; OETA to air
Education for What: Learning Social Responsibility;
Governor's Summit on Economic and Workforce Development; using math; teaching
the Millennials; OSU physicists create
new form of matter; NSU's Institute for Retail Marketing and Sales; USAO
film
colloquium; CU's wi-fi; Oklahoma Higher Education Math and Science Month
September 25, 2004, #134 (45:05)
Highlights: EDGE
update; OSU agricultural delegation to visit Israel; Oklahoma College Savings
Plan Month; online diploma mills; OCCC's Biotechnology/Bioinformatics
Discovery Project; RCC creates marketing plan for McDonald's "Go Active" Happy Meal; Celebration of Books at OSU-Tulsa; learning styles
September 18, 2004, #133 (45:03)
Highlights: student
involvement in voting; USA Today tuition
study; gaming/casino-related degrees; CU supports hurricane relief; national
report card on higher education; OSU professor on
Dr. Phil advisory board; EPSCoR field trips; Chancellor's Connection; the
Oklahoma Educational Planning and Assessment System (EPAS)
September 11, 2004, #132 (45:05)
Highlights: 9/11's
impact on college enrollment; OSRHE's economic development grant program; TCC's
national ranking; college students registering to vote; state system of higher
education overview; RSC's cyber security
certificate program; OSU's emergency management degree program; SEOSU professor
authors book on terrorism; OU's online budgeting program; financial aid
September 4, 2004, #131 (45:07)
Highlights: USAO's
national ranking; declaring a major; high school graduation tests; Tulsa medical
schools/Shriner's telemedicine partnership; comprehensive university overview
(OSU); OU-Tulsa nursing grant;
OSU's Budget City; OCCC/NCED partnership; workforce development; Project
FAITH
August 28, 2004, #130 (45:01)
Highlights: underrepresentation
of women in top research faculty positions; SEOSU receives
Noel-Levitz 2004 Retention Excellence Award; Candid
Campus revived; comprehensive university overview (OU); The DREAM Institute
(Disability, Resources, Educational Advocacy, Motivation); conversation with
new TCC president, Dr. Tom McKeon; hispanic outreach
August 21, 2004, #129 (45:04)
Highlights: ACT
scores; in-state tuition rates for undocumented students; choosing a major;
regional university overview (NSU and RSU); buying books and
supplies for college; parental involvement; distribution
of preparing for college information; SEOSU instructor participates in Oxford
Roundtable; concurrent enrollment
August 14, 2004, #128 (45:03)
Highlights: RCC's
distance learning reaches U.S. soldiers in the Middle East; SWOSU's Cheyenne
language course; Upward Bound; RSU economic development success story; two-year
college overview (RCC, RSC and TCC); forensic science programs
on college campuses
August 7, 2004, #127 (45:01)
Highlights: "senioritis"; professional science master's (PSM) degrees; the role of higher
education in building partnerships with China; TCC's adopt-a-school program;
Leadership Education and Achievement Program (LEAP)
and
Academic Commitment to Education (ACE); OSU's
Food and Agricultural Products Center
July 31, 2004, #126 (44:57)
Highlights: College
Horizons program for Native American students; $2.4 million donation to OU;
adult enrollment; higher starting salaries for college graduates; last chance
for fall enrollment; getting reacquainted
with Will Rogers
July 24, 2004, #125 (45:06)
Highlights: scholarship
scam; NSU professer assists U.S. Olympians; TCC distance learning accreditation;
OU's food bank; conversation with new MSC president, Dr. William Pennington;
early childhood education; Oklahoma musicians
July 17, 2004, #124 (45:06)
Highlights: increase
in financial aid;
DaimlerChrysler names OSU-Okmulgee “School of the Year” ; math and
science gender gap; RSU approves fraternity/sorority; summer internships; museums on college
campuses
July 10, 2004, #123 (45:01)
Highlights: Higher
Education Act reauthorization; Student Data Report findings; Oklahoma Department
of Commerce/higher education rural partnership; distance learning; advanced
degrees; astronomy and Oklahoma
higher education
July 3, 2004, #122 (44:59)
Highlights: NIH
grant announcement; states' revenue picture; conversation with Dr. Bill McHenry,
OSRHE's new vice chancellor for academic affairs; G.I. Bill anniversary; tuition
increases; starting democracies – how
Oklahoma colleges help
June 26, 2004, #121 (45:04)
Highlights: college
graduation rates; employers' need for "soft skills" from college
graduates; new computer system at RCC's goat-milking facility; conversation
with EOSC's President Richard Bernard; NCAA reforms; film making and
Oklahoma's college campuses
June 19, 2004, #120 (45:03)
Highlights: OHLAP
deadline; OASIS recognition; bioterrorism training
at CU; OTEP conference; adjunct professors; bone hunters
June 12, 2004, #119 (45:02)
Highlights: 2005
federal higher education budget; gaming proceeds fund scholarships for Choctaws;
federal student loan rates and consolidation; Oklahoma College Savings Plan
recognized on national radio show; for-profit colleges; storm chasers with
college degrees
June 5, 2004, #118 (45:01)
Highlights: National
LambdaRail announcement; Chancellor's Scholars; OSU-Okmulgee's
Toyota Technical Education Network
program; OHLAP eligibility for foster children; legislative year
in review; USAO's "professor
of rock and roll"
May 29, 2004, #117 (45:02)
Highlights: increased
admission standards at OSU and OU; EPAS Oklahoma Scholars; CU's Duncan branch
campus; Google search engine and scholarly papers; ACT Work Keys program; NSU's involvement
with Vision in Preschoolers project; USAO President John Feaver named chair
of Oklahoma Academy for State Goals; TCC's SPICE program; UCO's Melton Art
Collection; campus comeback stories
May 22, 2004, #116 (45:02)
Highlights: increase
in number of Oklahoma college degree holders; 50th anniversary of Brown v.
Board of Education; SHEEO's
National Commission on Accountability in Higher Education; Oklahoma students
named to
2004 USA Today All-Academic Team; recruiting faculty;
OSU named top value by Consumer's Digest; OU-Tulsa receives $10 million gift;
NSU's
Students in Free Enterprise-International vie for national championship; LU's
President Ernest Holloway inducted into
National 4-H Hall of Fame; summer on campus
May 15, 2004, #115 (44:58)
Highlights: Higher
Education Act reauthorization; Oklahoma's "Technology Counts" ranking; U.S.
losing ground in science field; federal government restrictions on foreign
researchers; graduation and retention; Summer Academies;
EPSCoR conference; UCO's performance contract; RCC's Arapaho course; college
job placement services
May 8, 2004, #114 (44:59)
Highlights: record
number of college graduates; impact of a college degree on the earning power
of women; Georgia's HOPE scholarship; MTV's Choose or Lose Scholarship; academic
efficiency; McCurtain County
Higher Education Center; OSU's involvement with Oracle technology project;
NEO student named Swearer
Student Humanitarian
Award winner; higher education programs at correctional facilities; Academic
Scholars
May 1, 2004, #113 (44:58)
Highlights: Tulsa's "America's
Most Livable Communities" ranking; job prospects for college graduates;
safety issues for study abroad programs; grants.gov Web site; capital bond
issue update; OSU-OKC domestic
preparedness conference; SWOSU's Aviation, Aerospace and Technology Expo;
NSU-BA's fire services degree program; family graduation tradition at USAO;
healthcare worker shortage
April 24, 2004, #112 (44:58)
Highlights: capital
bond issue; gender shift on campus; Oklahoma's Technology and Science Index
ranking; EPSCoR/OneNet Virtual Science Fair; homeland security research; summer enrollment/courses;
RCC's goat dairy; OU museum curator's fossil expedition in Antarctica; OCCC's
Mosaics Project; Oklahoma College Savings Plan
April 17, 2004, #111 (44:56)
Highlights: endowed
chairs funding; EPAS scores; Cisco's Mobile Government Technology Showcase;
jobs of the future; OSU's Citizen Scientists
program; DaVinci Scholars; Humboldt Research Award; fifth anniversary of
OSU's Center of International Studies; Scholars for Excellence in Childcare
April 10, 2004, #110 (45:01)
Highlights: results
of OSIS survey on public perception of higher education; Oklahoma College Savings
Plan milestone; course transfer; study of teacher education programs; service
learning; conversation with
SWOSU's
Steve Strickler, on being honored for his contributions to theatre education;
American Democracy Project event; conversation with MSC's President Glen
Pedersen; 2004 Research Day winner; distance learning
April 3, 2004, #109 (44:57)
Highlights: Governor's
Council for Workforce and Economic Development; IRS rule change affecting student
employees; Annual Financial Aid Report; Mapping Your Future chat event; student
credit card debt; OU's Al Sharaka
Program; Truman Scholars; Goldwater Scholars; Oklahoma Film Institute competition
at OCCC; Summer Academies in Math and Science
March 27, 2004, #108 (44:58)
Highlights: OU Weather
Center; Research Day at the Capitol; Academic Bill of Rights; changes to the
No Child Left Behind Act; global education; OU Sooner
Magazine; donation of geographic information system (GIS) equipment
to NSU; conversation with USAO's Dr. Stephen Weber, the Oklahoma Federation
of Music Club's 2003 Musician of the Year; private donations to colleges
and universities; fundraising workshop; preparing for college
March 20, 2004, #107 (45:00)
Highlights: legislative
update; Pell Grant changes; international student national trends; Higher Education
Act reauthorization; OneNet; Oklahoma Mesonet;
OU Entrepreneur Center; conversation with LU's President Ernest Holloway;
transition from high school to college athletics
March 13, 2004, #106 Part
1 (23:02) Part
2 (22:00)
Part 1 Highlights: discussion
of funding for endowed chairs with Gov. Brad Henry; other state's higher education
budget woes; Internet 2; Pell Grants; capital needs
Part 2 Highlights: OSU-CHS bio-terrorism
response training; NSU's online Oklahoma Rural Development Atlas; taskforce
on Hispanic students; conversation with TCC's President Dean VanTrease; border
colleges
March 6, 2004, #105 Part
1 (23:00) Part
2 (22:01)
Part 1 Highlights: Oklahoma
Senate Bill 553; Pell Grants; Pathways to College Network; Higher Education
Day; federal outlook
Part 2 Highlights: OSU-OKC grant; OU's international exchange program; Oklahoma Student Government Association conference; RSU's Center for Economic and Community Development; TCC's student union and fitness center; workforce training
February 28, 2004, #104 (high quality files
not available)
Part 1 Highlights: EDGE
action plan; spring enrollment; survey on public confidence in higher ed; SEOSU-OCCC
aviation science degree; research
Part 2 Highlights: SWOSU telemedicine;
NSU living literature; RSC's EmPower; conversation with
Dr. George Stanley, CU professor
and author of Mr. Rogers biography; OHLAP
February 21, 2004, #103 Part
1 (23:04) Part
2 (22:06)
Part 1 Highlights: employment
outcomes report; Oklahoma College Savings Plan; Raise Your Voice "Month of
Action"; discussion with Sen. Cal Hobson
Part 2 Highlights: history of
LU; OSU strategic planning; UCO Democracy Project;
RSU equine therapy; first generation college students
February 14, 2004, #102 Part
1 (23:07) Part
2 (22:02)
Part 1 Highlights:
remediation; change in Pell Grant limits; EDGE
Part
2 Highlights:
campus Valentine traditions; College Goal Sunday recap; ECU's Dorothy Summers
Theater; lifelong learning
February 7, 2004, #101 Part
1 (23:03) Part
2 (21:57)
Part 1 Highlights: higher
education news; national perspective on President Bush's new community college
proposal; conversation with Chancellor Paul G. Risser.
Part
2 Highlights: campus news; conversation with Petronel Malan, SEOSU artist-in-residence
and Grammy nominee; College Goal Sunday.