Agency Administration
OneNet, Oklahoma’s official communications and information network for education and government, is a division of the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education operated in cooperation with the Oklahoma Office of State Finance. It became operational in 1996 and was built on the statewide talk-back television system established and operated by the State Regents since 1971.
The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education is the statewide coordinating board of control for the state’s 25 colleges and universities 10 constituent agencies and two higher education programs.
The State Regents prescribe academic standards of higher education, determine functions and courses of study at state colleges and universities, grant degrees, recommend to the state Legislature budget allocations for each college and university, and recommend proposed fees within limits set by the Legislature.
The State Regents also manage 23 scholarships and special programs. In addition to their oversight of OneNet, the Regents also operate the Oklahoma Guaranteed Student Loan Program, which guarantees loans made to students by the private sector.
