Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 4661

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.