... implies the loss of the other: the opportunity cost. In the case of our analysis, the opportunity cost of funding a higher education system is all the other projects that could have been funded ... system to the State. While the raw results from the model were also negative, which corresponds to the vacuum left by the removal of the contributions of higher education, the signs of the results ... The Economic Impact of The Higher Education System Of the State of Oklahoma Prepared by Regional Economic Models, Inc. For The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education...