Arkansas Department of Higher Education
A-State Moves Forward With Veterinary School
University leaders plan to present a full proposal to the state Department of Higher Education in late July. read more >
by Scott Carroll -
Black River Tech Awarded $650K in Workforce Grants
Funds will support manufacturing and transportation programs at the two-year community college. read more >
Pulaski Tech Awarded $1.35M in Regional Workforce Grants
The school will use the funds to add technology, including virtual reality, and equipment. read more >
Northwest Arkansas Community College to Start CDL Program
The program will offer 40 hours of classroom instruction beginning in the fall, and on-road training and 160 hours of classroom instruction in the spring. read more >
College Funding Formula Makes Outcomes Key to Money
The financial impact of the new outcomes-based state funding formula on individual Arkansas universities and colleges has been a mixed bag, but the program is having the desired effect, and overall funding has increased. read more >
College Admins See Pay Tilt Up
A majority of Arkansas college administrators saw a bump in their total compensation package between fiscal 2017 and fiscal 2019. But for most of them it wasn’t much. read more >
by Mark Friedman -
UA Redesigning MBA Program on Quest to Be Best
The University of Arkansas slipped from first to fifth place on this year’s list of the state largest MBA programs after temporarily halting admissions to finish redesigning its full-time Master of Business Administration program. read more >
UCA Cyber Range to Produce Needed Talent
The new cyber range at the University of Central Arkansas will complement the school’s new bachelor’s degree program and deliver to a fast-growing job field the talent it desperately needs to combat cybercrime. read more >
Arkansas College Funding Rules Shifting to Outcomes
Arkansas college and universities will have an incentive to move students from initial enrollment to graduation in the most efficient, effective and affordable way possible as a new funding formula takes effect in July. read more >
Little Rock Tech Park Making Its Mark On Main
A month shy of its first birthday, the Little Rock Technology Park has exceeded expectations for attracting startup-minded entrepreneurs and tech-related ventures. read more >
by George Waldon -
Watchdog Journalism (Gwen Moritz Editor’s Note)
For some strange reason, there are administrators who seem uneasy at the prospect of their ultimate employers knowing just how much they are being paid and how quickly the costs of their particular positions have grown. read more >
by Gwen Moritz -
Pay Escalates for Top College Administrators in Arkansas
Between fiscal 2012 and fiscal 2017, a more typical compensation increase for Arkansas university administrators was between 10 and 20 percent. read more >
by Mark Friedman -
A Penny for My Thoughts (Gwen Moritz Editor’s Note)
College costs inflating much faster than even health care costs represent a shameful abandonment of American values -- if American values still included concern about future generations. read more >
by Gwen Moritz -
Georgia Pacific, UAM-CTC Team Up to Train Workers for 21st Century
A worker-training technique that evolved in the Middle Ages is gaining new currency in 21st century Crossett. read more >
by Jan Cottingham -
Higher Education Bubble Vexing for Arkansas Institutions
Runaway inflation in the health care sector is obvious to every American family, but when a kid heads to college, this fact hits home: The consumer cost of higher education has inflated even faster over the past quarter-century. read more >
by Gwen Moritz -
Mindy Pipkin Moves Into UCA Slot (Movers & Shakers)
Mindy Pipkin has been hired as the new associate general counsel and compliance officer for the University of Central Arkansas at Conway. read more >
ArFuture Grants To Help Fill High-Demand Jobs
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson said his Arkansas Future Grant program is as much about giving students confidence to go to college as it is about giving them monetary support to do so. read more >
by Marty Cook -
Companies Relying on Training Programs To Supply Candidates
Tech, health care and manufacturing executives say they have all run into the same sort of problem: finding employable candidates for the open jobs they have. read more >
by Marty Cook -
Arkansas Colleges See New Funding Formula
Maria Markham, the director of the Arkansas Department of Higher Education, said the metrics for the state’s new funding formula for colleges and universities should be finalized later this month. read more >
by Marty Cook -
Maria Markham Recommended as New Director of Department of Higher Education
The Arkansas Department of Higher Education director search committee will recommend Maria Markham as the new director of the ADHE, the department announced Wednesday. read more >
by Alexis Crowe -
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