Tagged: Arkansas Educational Television Network

AETN Standoff Drags On

AETN Standoff Drags On

WhispersLegal

Three months after setting a deadline, there has been no resolution announced in a stalemate that followed the firing of chief fundraiser Mona Dixon, the AETN Foundation COO who had been a fixture in Arkansas educational TV for three decades. read more >

AETN Foundation Lawyers Up

AETN Foundation Lawyers Up

WhispersLegal

Lawyers are talking and meetings are set in the power struggle between the Arkansas Educational Telecommunications Network and its nonprofit fundraising arm, the AETN Foundation. read more >

Ousted Mona Dixon Floats Deal to AETN

Ousted Mona Dixon Floats Deal to AETN

WhispersLegal

Details are emerging about a settlement offer floated by Mona Dixon, the longtime AETN Foundation COO who was dismissed by AETN Executive Director Courtney Pledger in February. read more >

AETN Standoff Still on Standby

AETN Standoff Still on Standby

WhispersLegal

A crucial deadline in the Arkansas Educational Telecommunications Network’s standoff with its nonprofit fundraising foundation came and went this month with no resolution. read more >

AETN Commission Demands Allegiance to Pledger

AETN Commission Demands Allegiance to Pledger

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The Arkansas Educational Television Network Commission has issued an ultimatum to its nonprofit counterpart, the fundraising AETN Foundation: Get on board with Executive Director Courtney Pledger or else. read more >

Pledger Actions Drive AETN Employees to Complain

Pledger Actions Drive AETN Employees to Complain

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Bad blood at the Arkansas Educational Television Network is spilling further into public, with employees accusing Executive Director Courtney Pledger of forcing early retirements, retaliating against subordinates who question her and holding employees in “open contempt.” read more >

UCA Cyber Range to Produce Needed Talent

UCA Cyber Range to Produce Needed Talent

LegalTechnology & Telecom

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 >

Health Care on Sidelines in Arkansas 2nd District Debate

Health Care on Sidelines in Arkansas 2nd District Debate

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Attempts to scrap the federal health care law have been the focus of Democrats' efforts to flip a congressional seat in solidly red Arkansas, but the issue was sidelined in the only debate between Rep. French Hill and challenger Clarke Tucker. read more >