Regional University System of Oklahoma

In an industry constantly measuring outcomes, data sets, comparisons, rankings and statistics , one would think it would be easy to compile a report on a university’s performance. The real answer is quite the opposite. “One of the problems in reporting student outcomes is that you have so many different standards of measurement,” said Mark Stansberry, chairman of the Regional University System of Oklahoma Board of Regents. “It is challenging to arrive at common definitions an

A native of Kolkata, India, Srijita Ghosh moved to Oklahoma in 2015 to attend East Central University on a tennis scholarship. But her time at ECU quickly took a challenging turn. Despite winning a national title, the ECU tennis team was suspended after Ghosh’s first year, which caused her to lose her scholarship. Fearing her time at the university would end, Ghosh recognized that this change offered an important opportunity for her. “As an athlete, I didn’t have time to focu