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Stitt’s war on higher ed is moving along nicely…

11:30 AM EDT on September 8, 2026

Add “college professor” to the growing list of people who don’t want to move to Oklahoma.

Back in February, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt – a holder of a bachelor’s degree – unveiled his latest effort to sabotage Oklahoma higher ed when he banned regional universities and community colleges from offering tenure to new faculty hires.

Now, just six months later, the initiative designed to kneecap academia, punish elites and stick it to all those imaginary rural Oklahoma wokies is already producing results.