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Even before COVID-19 brought new challenges to state education systems, a new report out this week shows that Oklahoma was one of 6 states that cut higher education funding by more than 30 percent between 2008 and 2019: Oklahoma cut higher education allocations by 35.3 percent, or $3,515, per student between 2008 and 2019. Oklahoma had the nation’s third largest percentage decrease in state higher education funding during that period, according to report released Feb. 17. Oklahoma’s failure to invest in higher education during the last decade has contributed to rising college tuition...…Even before COVID-19 brought new challenges to state education systems, a new report out this week shows that Oklahoma was one of 6 states that cut higher education funding by more than 30 percent between 2008 and 2019: Oklahoma cut higher education allocations by 35.3 percent, or $3,515, per student between 2008 and 2019. Oklahoma had the nation’s third largest percentage decrease in state higher education funding during that period, according to report released Feb. 17. Oklahoma’s failure to invest in higher education during the last decade has contributed to rising college tuition...WW…