Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-4661: Higher education in Tulsa - Legislative findings

The Legislature finds that a structured, coherent system of

higher education in the Tulsa metropolitan area offering a whole

range of higher education courses for lower and upper division

undergraduate students, traditional and nontraditional students, and

graduate students would be of great benefit. The Legislature also

finds that the existing resources can be reconfigured and maximized

to offer the citizens of the Tulsa metropolitan area high quality

higher education opportunities at a minimum cost to the State of

Oklahoma. The Legislature intends to afford the citizens of the

Tulsa metropolitan area a coordinated, vertically integrated system

of higher education from freshman through graduate levels.