Oklahoma State University’s president has put the state’s largest community college system on notice that he has a vision for a merger that would create a simpler path to a bachelor’s degree in Tulsa.
Jim Hess’s public pronouncement at a Tulsa Press Club event in September sent shockwaves across the local higher education landscape, especially in the executive suite at Tulsa Community College.
An Oklahoma Watch public records request revealed that Hess’s trial balloon, which made headlines at every local news outlet, followed months of circulating a detailed roadmap among the powers that be…