Oklahoma State regents OK $1B budget, tuition hike
OKLAHOMA CITY—The $1 billion budget approved Friday for Oklahoma State University's next fiscal year includes tuition hikes, no raises and money for a new pilot program that will provide 125 students with free iPads to test out as a classroom tool.
"You'll see this all over America in higher education," university president Burns Hargis said. "(The University of Oklahoma's) going to be doing these kinds of
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