{"id":32255,"date":"2020-01-07T15:58:18","date_gmt":"2020-01-07T21:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/?p=32255"},"modified":"2020-01-10T11:03:54","modified_gmt":"2020-01-10T17:03:54","slug":"oklahoma-lags-behind-country-in-monetary-support-for-higher-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/2020\/01\/07\/oklahoma-lags-behind-country-in-monetary-support-for-higher-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Oklahoma lags behind country in monetary support for higher education"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_32260\"  class=\"wp-caption module image aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 660px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-32260\" src=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2020\/01\/IMG_6222-1920x1264.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2020\/01\/IMG_6222-1920x1264.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2020\/01\/IMG_6222-672x442.jpeg 672w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2020\/01\/IMG_6222-768x506.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2020\/01\/IMG_6222-150x99.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2020\/01\/IMG_6222-300x198.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2020\/01\/IMG_6222-620x408.jpeg 620w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2020\/01\/IMG_6222-1640x1080.jpeg 1640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-media-credit\">Robby Korth \/ StateImpact Oklahoma<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">University of Oklahoma students walk to and from class at the school&#8217;s campus in Norman.<\/p>\n<\/div><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As state funding for higher education has risen across the country, Oklahoma has been one of five states that\u2019s seen a decline in the last five years.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Between 2015 and 2020, higher education funding from states rose by on average 18.8% which represents $15.3 billion total. In Oklahoma, funding fell 18.6% or $195 million, according to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/education.illinoisstate.edu\/grapevine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grapevine Survey<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, conducted by Illinois State University. The survey measures state support of colleges and universities nationwide.<\/span><!--more--><\/p><p><iframe id=\"datawrapper-chart-NG8Db\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" title=\"Percent change of higher education funding 2015-2020\" src=\"\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/NG8Db\/2\/\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" aria-label=\"USA states choropleth map\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">!function(){\"use strict\";window.addEventListener(\"message\",function(a){if(void 0!==a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"])for(var e in a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"]){var t=document.getElementById(\"datawrapper-chart-\"+e)||document.querySelector(\"iframe[src*='\"+e+\"']\");t&&(t.style.height=a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"][e]+\"px\")}})}();<\/script><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The only state that saw a bigger percentage decrease in state funding was <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www-chronicle-com.ezproxy.lib.ou.edu\/specialreport\/Alaska-s-University-System\/244\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alaska<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which has been cut by 21.9% in the last five years. During the same period that state\u2019s economy experienced a recession lasting three years.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">States bordering Oklahoma all saw an increase in state support over the last five years, ranging from a modest 1.4% bump in New Mexico to explosive 42.2% growth in Colorado.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last year was the first time Oklahoma\u2019s legislature increased higher education\u2019s budget in more than a decade, giving it a targeted four percent bump worth $28 million to fund faculty salary increases and research.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Between 2008 and 2018, state lawmakers slashed the state appropriation for Oklahoma\u2019s universities and colleges by<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/2019\/06\/06\/oklahomas-higher-education-cuts-have-hit-harder-at-regional-universities\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">more than 25% or $265 million<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> annually.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Heading into the 2020 legislative session, the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education are asking the state legislature for a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/2019\/11\/08\/oklahoma-state-regents-seek-funding-increase-for-higher-education\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$125 million budget increase<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. This is a fraction of what it would take to return Oklahoma higher education to its pre-recession budget of $1.2 billion.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The request, formally called the system\u2019s \u201cbudget needs,\u201d serves as a wishlist, which has not been granted by the state legislature in the past.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As state funding for higher education has risen across the country, Oklahoma has been one of five states that\u2019s seen a decline in the last five years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":209,"featured_media":32260,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"page-noFeature.php","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17],"tags":[720,1089],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32255"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/209"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32255"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32262,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32255\/revisions\/32262"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}