At a Wednesday speech at OU-Tulsa, former Gov. Frank Keating said he has encouraged President Jim Gallogly not to admit students who need remedial classes.
Keating, a member of the University of Oklahoma Board of Regents, compared his idea to policy at the University of Notre Dame, where he said students needing remedial classes are sent to an associated college until they are up to the university's standards.
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In April, Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education reported that 40 percent of Oklahoma's public high school graduates are not prepared for college-level work. They lack the education in at least one subject area.
In 2016, 17,557 students graduated high school and entered an Oklahoma public college or university that fall. Of that group, 7,119 enrolled in at least one remedial course, according to the report to the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education.