Southeast Arkansas College

Southeast Arkansas College (commonly abbreviated as SEARK, pronounced 'serck') is a two-year associate degree granting community college in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Formerly a vocational-technical school, the state legislature designated the school as a college in 1991 with the name Pines Technical College. Southeast Arkansas College acquired its current name in 1998a

Historya

Southeast Arkansas College was originally named Arkansas Vocational-Technical School. It began offering postsecondary vocational-technical programs on September 21, 1959. Act 328 of 1957 set the stage for it to become the first vocational-technical school in Arkansas to meet the needs of 

industry and to provide jobs, and raise the standard of living, for Arkansas citizens. The school’s first director was Leon Coker, who headed it from 1958 to 1974. The school’s name was later changed to Pines Vocational-Technical School.

When Act 1244 of the Seventy-eighth Arkansas General Assembly, was signed into law by Governor Bill Clinton on April 17, 1991, it re-designated and redefined the mission of eleven existing postsecondary vocational-technical schools located throughout the state to technical colleges.

 Consequently, state authority for these institutions was transferred from the Arkansas Board of Vocational-Technical Education to the Arkansas Department of Higher Education, which serves as the state coordinating agency for all public universities, community colleges, and technical colleges in Arkansas.

With the enactment of Act 1244 on July 1, 1991, all land, buildings, equipment, and personnel associated with Pines Vocational-Technical School were transferred to Pines Technical College. In October 1991, the governor appointed the charter members of the Pines Technical College Board of Trustees. The college’s first president, Dr. Terry J. 

Puckett (1992–2000), was appointed by the board effective December 1, 1992. To better reflect the college’s service area, it changed its name from Pines Technical College to Southeast Arkansas Technical College on July 1, 1996. The word “Technical” was removed from the college’s name on July 8, 1998

                                       Educational Services

Educational programs and services at SEARK College include technical career education, workforce development, university transfer education, general education, adult education, continuing education, and community services.

 SEARK College provides nursing and allied health, criminal justice, computer training, and academic transfer programs, among others. As of 2007, its average enrollment

 is 2,200 students per semester with a faculty and staff of 132. The college also partners with the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff to provide workforce training for the existing workforce and to provide basic skills and specialized training for the unemployed

University of Arkansas at Monticello

The University of Arkansas at Monticello is a four-year liberal arts university located in Monticello, Arkansas, United States with Colleges of Technology located in Crossett and McGehee, Arkansas. 

UAM is part of the University of Arkansas System and offers master's degrees, baccalaureate degrees, and associate (two-year) degrees in a variety of fields. UAM is also home to Arkansas' only School of Forest Resources.

The University is governed by the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees, which also oversees the operation of universities and other post-secondary educational institutions in Batesville, DeQueen, Fayetteville, Arkansas, Fort Smith, Helena, Hope, Little Rock, Morrilton, and Pine Bluff, Arkansas.

UA-Monticello offers in-state tuition rates not only to Arkansas residents, but also to residents of Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, and Tennessee.

History

The University of Arkansas at Monticello was established in 1909 by an act of the Arkansas General Assembly to serve the educational needs of southern Arkansas. Originally called the Fourth District Agricultural School, the school opened its doors September 14, 1910. In 1925, the General Assembly authorized the school's name to be changed to the Arkansas Agricultural and Mechanical College.

 Arkansas A&M received accreditation as a junior college in 1928 and as a four-year institution in 1940.

During World War II, Arkansas A & M College was one of 131 colleges and universities nationally that took part in the V-12 Navy College Training Program which offered students a path to a Navy commissiona

Arkansas A&M became part of the University of Arkansas system on July 1, 1971, and it was then that it actually became the University of Arkansas at Monticello. In that year, the University of 

Arkansas increased its racial diversity by adding three new campuses in Little Rock, Pine Bluff, and Monticello that either already had large numbers of Black students, or which in the case of the new campus in Little Rock, would soon acquire many of these.

On July 1, 2003, the University of Arkansas at Monticello expanded its mission to include vocational and technical education when the UAM College of Technology-Crossett and the UAM College of Technology-McGehee became part of the University of Arkansas at Monticello to create a larger system of postsecondary education in Southern Arkansas

Arkansas State University-Mountain Homea

Arkansas State University-Mountain Home is a public, open access, two-year campus of the Arkansas State University System, primarily serving students of North Central Arkansas and is located in Mountain Home, Arkansas. Among other tracks, the college prepares nurses who may then go on to serve at the health complex and supporting facilities that surround the Baxter Regional 

Medical Center located in Mountain Home. ASUMH serves approximately 1,500 students each year. It is located within minutes from two beautiful fresh water lakes and rivers that feature great fishing and water sports opportunities. The campus is located on the south side of the town and the buildings modelled after the University of Virginia.

The Vada Sheid Community Development Center is the largest building on the ASUMH campus. The 65,000 square-foot facility houses an 824-seat auditorium, McClure Convention Center, First Security Amphitheatre, Haley Family Conference Room, Ozark Regional Arts Council Conference Room and Dale Bumpers Great Hall for showing artwork or for receptions. Future plans include the 5,000 square-foot Trout Nature Center.

Ed Coulter, the founding chancellor of the College, announced his intention to retire on June 30, 2012. He served as chancellor for 17 years and was appointed in 1995. Dr. Coulter earned his Bachelor of Science in Education from Ouachita Baptist University and his Masters in Education and 

his Doctorate in Education from the University of Arkansas. After three years as a public school principal he served 25 years at Ouachita Baptist University, as Assistant to the President, and as Vice President for Administration. Coulter has served previously as the Chair of the American Association

 of Community Colleges Board of Directors. He also has served on the American Cancer Society Board of Directors as well as the Arkansas Chamber of Commerce and as a corporate board member of the Baptist Medical Center System.

On August 1, 2012, Dr. Robin Myers began his appointment as the second chancellor of ASUMH. Dr. Myers had served as President of Arkansas Northeastern College (ANC) since 2005. He previously served ANC as Vice President of Instruction from 1998-2004, Dean for Community

 Education and College Advancement from 1996-1998, Associate Dean and then Dean for Continuing and Community Education from 1992-1996, and Coordinator of the Business and Industry Resource Center from 1989-1992. Dr. Myers received the Bachelor of Science degree in 

Marketing and the Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Arkansas State University, the Master of Science degree in Operations Management from the University of Arkansas, and the Doctor of Education degree from the University of Memphis.

South Arkansas Community College

Historical summary

South Arkansas Community College, known locally as SouthArk, is a public, comprehensive community college with an open-door policy, providing educational programs, workforce development, civic and cultural enrichment, and support services to students and residents in its service area.

Formed from a merger of Southern Arkansas University, El Dorado Branch (SAU-EB), and Oil Belt Technical College, South Arkansas Community College was approved by a 62 percent majority vote in Union County in March 1992.

 Then Governor Bill Clinton appointed a nine-member Board of Trustees, and all assets and liabilities of Oil Belt and SAU-EB were transferred by June 30, 1992, to SouthArk. The former OBTC became known as the East Campus and SAU-EB the West Campus

On August 1, 2012, Dr. Robin Myers began his appointment as the second chancellor of ASUMH. Dr. 

Myers had served as President of Arkansas Northeastern College (ANC) since 2005. He previously served ANC as Vice President of Instruction from 1998-2004, Dean for Community Education and College Advancement from 1996-1998, Associate Dean and then Dean for Continuing and 

Community Education from 1992-1996, and Coordinator of the Business and Industry Resource Center from 1989-1992. Dr. Myers received the Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing and the Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Arkansas State University, the Master of Science

 

degree in Operations Management from the University of Arkansas, and the Doctor of Education degree from the University of Memphis.

Arkansas State University-Newport

Arkansas State University Newport is a public two-year college system located in northeast Arkansas, with its flagship campus in Newport, Arkansas. The ASU-Newport system is a subset of the Arkansas State University System

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Arkansas State University Newport (flagship campus)

Arkansas State University Technical Center-Marked Tree, a technical campus of ASU-Newport in Marked Tree

Arkansas State University Technical Center-Jonesboro, a technical campus of ASU-Newport in Jonesb

History

ASU-Newport was established in 1974 as White River Vocational-Technical School. In 1991, the state legislature merged White River Vocational-Technical School with Arkansas State University Beebe; the former became known as ASU-Newport. As of 2000, ASU-Newport was approved as a stand-alone campus, and now reports directly to the ASU System, its Board of Trustees, and the President.

The institution operates under the policies of the Board of Trustees and the President of the Arkansas State University System, but programs at the campuses of ASU-Newport function separately under the leadership of a chancellor.

Delta Technical Institute at Marked Tree merged with ASU and became Arkansas State University Technical Center in 2001; it and a similar facility later established in Jonesboro were subsequently placed under ASU-Newport.

Cossatot Community College

                                                History

Cossatot Vocational-Technical School was established in 1975 to serve as a location for basic vocational education in southwest Arkansas.

In 1991, the institution was renamed to Cossatot Technical College through legislative actions. Ten years later in 2001, Cossatot Technical College joined the University of Arkansas System, becoming Cossatot Community College of the University of Arkansas

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 Since then, the college has expanded to offer Technical Certificates in seven programs, Certificates of Proficiency in thirteen programs, and five Associate's Degree programs.

Educational Offerings

CCCUA offers both the Associate of Arts and Associate of Science degrees, which can be credited toward the first two years of a four-year degree program. The degrees consists of certain required courses and certain electives (which must be college transfer classes) in a specific focus area which will constitute the major.

The Associate of Science degree is offered for mathematics, science, computer science, or agriculture, of which 8–9 hours must be in a specific field.

CCCUA also offers the Associate of Arts Teaching degree in the Middle School area (language arts and math/science), an Associate of General Studies degree

 (for students needing a two-year degree but not a four-year degree) the Associate of Applied Science degree in 11 disciplines (a 12th discipline is pending approval), technical certificates in seven disciplines, and Certificates of Proficiency in 16 disciplines.

CCCUA students may take all courses required for the Associate of Arts and Associate of General Studies degrees, in their entirety, via the Internet.

CCCUA also offers adult education courses in five areas including the ability for students to work towards and obtain a General Equivalency Diploma (GED), and continuing education courses for the surrounding communities for both personal and work-related development.

CCCUA offers some courses through various forms of distance education; the Associate of Applied Science in Registered Nursing courses in nursing theory are done completely by interactive video as part of the Arkansas Rural Nursing Education Consortium, of which CCCUA's program is a member.

CCCUA has partnered with other community colleges, as well as with public and private universities in Arkansas, to offer bachelor's and master's degrees whereby students can complete most or all of their courses on the CCCUA campus facilities.

Ashdown Extension Site

The Ashdown Extension is CCCUA's newest facility. This 53,640 sq ft (4,983 m2). facility houses numerous programs for CCCUA and the Ashdown community. It has four large lecture classrooms,

Internet/computer lab, a Computer Repair/CISCO lab, two interactive video classrooms, an Electrical Apprenticeship classroom, and a Hydraulics/Pneumatics classroom

 Completed in 2009, the Ashdown campus renovation has introduced a Culinary Arts kitchen as well as the Barbara Horn Civic Center.

University for the Creative Arts

The university was formed in 2005 as University College for the Creative Arts at Canterbury, Epsom, Farnham, Maidstone and Rochester, through the merger of the Kent Institute of Art & Design and 

Surrey Institute of Art & Design, University College. It was granted full university status by the Privy Council in May 2008 and adopted its current name officially in September 2008. 

The origin of the university lies in a number of independent public art and design colleges in the counties of Kent and Surrey, almost all of which had origins in the Victorian period. In the 1990s these merged to form multi-campus art and design institutes

 in their respective counties, before merging into one organisation in 2005.

In its previous forms and current form, alumni of the UCA as well as students have achieved artistic excellence with very considerable commerciality and critical merit of certain alumni's work such as 

Tracey Emin, Michaël Dudok de Wit, Chris Shepherd, Zandra Rhodes, and Karen Millen.

Following the election of a Coalition government, the Department for Business Innovation and Skills introduced legislation to increase tuition fees while reducing government spending on Higher Education in real term

 and the University for the Creative Arts was revealed to be the fourth most-cut university in England with a cut of 7.8% (10.2% in real terms).

The University for the Creative Arts announced in February 2011 that it was discussing designating part of its Maidstone campus for use by MidKent College.

 Further to this, MidKent College expressed its willingness to buy the Maidstone campus from 2012 and phase out the UCA presence at the campus by 2014

Ouachita Baptist University

Ouachita Baptist University (OBU) is a private, liberal arts, undergraduate institution located in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, which is about 65 miles southwest of Little Rock. The university's name is 

taken from the Ouachita (pronounced Wash'-uh-taw) River, which forms the eastern campus boundary. It is affiliated with the Arkansas Baptist State Convention. The student body is approximately 45% male and 55% female.

Ouachita Baptist University was founded as Ouachita Baptist College on September 6, 1886 and has operated continually since that date. It was originally located on the campus of Ouachita Baptist High School. Its present location is on the former campus of the Arkansas School for the Blind, which relocated to Little Rock.

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Ouachita Baptist University focuses on undergraduate programs in the liberal arts. It offers 64 degree programs in eight academic schools: School of Interdisciplinary Studies, Frank D. Hickingbotham School of Business, Chesley and Elizabeth Pruett School of Christian Studies, Michael D. Huckabee

 School of Education, School of Fine Arts, Sutton School of Social Sciences, J. D. Patterson School of Natural Sciences, and School of Humanities. Most students earn a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), but the school also offers Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Bachelor of Music (B.M.), and Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) programs. Study abroad programs are offered through the Center for International Studies.

 Two classes in religion are part of the core curriculum and graduation requires seven credits of chapel (earned by regular chapel attendance during a semester).

OBU operates on the traditional credit hour system. The student to faculty ratio is approximately 13:1. The university has been highly ranked in a number of college surveys, including being ranked

 the No. 1 Regional College in the South by U.S. News & World Report for several consecutive years starting in 2008. There is a joint Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program with neighboring Henderson State University. The OBU ROTC program dates back to 1886 and has at times been 

called the "West Point of the Ozarks" for the large number of U.S. Army officers it produced.

The University is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International), National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), National Association for Schools of Music, the

 Commission on the Accreditation of Athletic Training Education Programs (CAATE), and the Commission on Accreditation for Dietetics Education (CADE) of the American Dietetic Association

University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) is a historically black university located in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, United States. 

Founded in 1873, the second oldest public institution in the state of Arkansas. UAPB is a member-school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. It is known popularly by its moniker the "Flagship of the Delta".

The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, was authorized in 1873 by the Reconstruction-era legislature as the Branch Normal College; a historically black college, it was nominally part of the "normal" (education) department of Arkansas Industrial University, later the University of Arkansas. 

It was operated separately as part of a compromise to get a college for black students, as the state maintained racial segregation well into the 20th century. It later was designated as a land-grant college under the 1890 federal amendments to Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act.

 As Congress had originally established the land grant colleges to provide education to all qualified students in a state, 

in 1890 it required states maintaining segregated systems to establish a separate land-grant university for blacks as well as whites.

In 1927, the school severed its ties with the University of Arkansas and became Arkansas Agricultural, Mechanical & Normal (AM&N) College. It moved to its current campus location in 1929. Nearly 50 years later, the college re-joined what is now the University of Arkansas System.

 As a full-fledged campus with graduate study departments, it gained its current name and university status in the process.

Since 1988, the university has gained recognition as a leading research institution in aquaculture studies, offering the state's only comprehensive program in this field. It supports a growing regional 

industry throughout the Mid-South (according to the school, aquaculture is a $167 million industry in Arkansas alone and worth approximately $1.2 billion in the Mississippi Delta region).

 Recently the program was enhanced by the addition of an Aquaculture/Fisheries PhD program.

UAPB's colors are black and gold and their nickname is the Golden Lions.

Arkansas–Pine Bluff's sports teams have participated in NCAA Division I in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) since re-joining the conference in 1998, and competes in the Football Championship Subdivision (formerly I-AA)

 for football. Home football games are held at Golden Lion Stadium. Men's sports also include baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, tennis and track & field; while women's sports include basketball, cross country, soccer, softball, tennis, track & field and volleyball.

The Lions participated in the SWAC Championship Game for the first time in 2006 after recording a 7–2 conference record. The Alabama A&M Bulldogs defeated the Lions (22–13) in the championship game. The Lions finished that season with an overall record of 8–4

The Lions won the SWAC Championship on December 8, 2012 against Jackson State in Birmingham, Alabama. UAPB finished the 2012 season 10-2 and are the 2012 Southwestern Athletic Conference champions.

In 2009–2010, for the first time in school history, the women's soccer team won the SWAC tournament and made it to the NCAA tournament for the first time ever.

 Also the men's basketball team received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as champions of the SWAC. The Golden Lions won the opening round game against Winthrop and were awarded the

 #16 seed in the South Region. The team was eliminated from the tournament in the following round by Duke who ultimately became the NCAA Champions.

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is part of the University of Arkansas System, a state-run university in the U.S. state of Arkansas.

 The main campus is located in Little Rock and consists of five colleges including one graduate school, seven institutes, a statewide network of community educational centers, and the UAMS Medical Center

The Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System is an affiliate of UAMS. Arkansas Children's Hospital contracts UAMS's physicians for clinical services. UAMS doctors are on staff at the two facilities and both serve as clinical locations for UAMS students and resident physicians to receive hands-on experience treating patients.

The community outreach efforts of UAMS include eight regional centers 

in Fayetteville, Pine Bluff, El Dorado, Texarkana, Fort Smith, Jonesboro, Helena, and Magnolia; networks of senior health centers and centers for young children with special health care needs; and interactive video education and medical consultation services to community hospitals around the state.

The UAMS College of Health Professions (CHP)offers accredited educational programs in: Speech Pathology, Cytotechnology, Dental Hygiene, Diagnostic Medical Sonography 

, Dietetics & Nutrition, Emergency Medical Sciences, Genetic Counseling, Health Information Management, Medical Dosimetry, Medical Technology, Nuclear Medicine Imaging Sciences, Ophthalmic Technologies, Radiation Therapy, Radiologic Imaging Sciences, Radiologist Assistant, Respiratory Care, Surgical Technology

UAMS is the state’s largest basic and applied research institution, with a total budget of $1.3 billion and more than $100 million in annual research funding, grants and contracts and internationally renowned programs in multiple myeloma, aging and other areas

UAMS is the largest public employer in the state with more than 10,000 employees. As of fall 2014, UAMS had 2,890 students, including 682 medical students, 468 in the College of Pharmacy, 712 in the College of Nursing, 558 in the College of Health Professions,

 153 in the College of Public Health and 317 in the Graduate School. There were also 782 resident physicians and 1,429 faculty members.

UAMS and its affiliates have a total economic impact in Arkansas of about $5 billion per year

Central Baptist College

Central Baptist College (CBC) is a four-year, private liberal arts college in Conway, Arkansas. Majors are available within the fields of behavioral science

, business, general education, missions, music, religion, and science. CBC was founded in 1952 as Conway Baptist College, and awards both associate and bachelor's degrees.

 Enrollment is at 470 for traditional students with a 55% to 45% male to female ratio, and over 200 non traditional PACE Students. Students are required to live 

on campus their freshman year (with exceptions). The academic calendar at Central Baptist College is divided into semesters.

 Extracurricular activities at CBC include a chorus, intramural sports, student service organizations, and student government organizations. Varsity sports teams

 compete in the National Christian College Athletic Association and the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics.

 Chapel services are required once weekly for all full-time students.

Central Baptist teams, known as the Mustangs and Lady Mustangs, are part of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), competing in the American Midwest Conference, 

and previously the Midlands Collegiate Athletic Conference (MCAC) until 2015. Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer and wrestling; while women's sports

 include basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball and volleyball.

Central Baptist College is also a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes

Southern Arkansas University

Southern Arkansas University (SAU) (formerly known as Southern State College, Magnolia A&M, and Third District Agricultural School) is a public four-year institution located in Magnolia, Arkansas, in Columbia County, Arkansas, situated less than 20 miles north of the Louisiana state line.

Maintaining a 17-1 student to instructor ratio and boasting a family-like atmosphere Southern Arkansas University offers programs that are unique for the region, including Game and Animation 

Design with a computer science concentration, or an arts and design focus.

 The University also provides an engineering program, the only of its kind in the southern half of the state.

In 2002, the University began a major capital campaign, the “Blue and Gold Vision,” to upgrade academic and athletic facilities across the campus.

 The Blue and Gold Vision aims to raise $102.2 million for improvements to the University through a mix of public and private financing. Through 

the Blue and Gold Vision several new facilities have been built, including: the Donald W. Reynolds Campus & Community Center, Band Building, Mulerider Stables, University Village, Harton Theatre, Fincher Hall, and the Story Rodeo Arena

Southern Arkansas University was established by an Act of the Arkansas Legislature in 1909 as a district agricultural high school for southwest Arkansas and was originally named Third District Agricultural School, often called by students and faculty "TDAS."

Its first term began in January 1911, with its curriculum including only subjects at the secondary school level. In 1925, the State Legislature authorized the school to add two years of college work and to change its name to Agricultural and Mechanical College, Third District (Magnolia A&M).

The school continued to offer both high school and junior college courses until 1937, at which time the high school courses were discontinued.

In the fall of 1949, the Board of Trustees, exercising authority vested in it by the State Legislature, decided to develop the college at a four-year, degree-granting institution. The Board authorized the

 addition of third-year college level courses to being with the fall semester of 1950. Fourth-year courses were added in the fall semester of 1951.

 By Act Eleven (January 24, 1951), the State Legislature changed the name of the institution to Southern State College.In 1975, the institution was approved and accredited to offer a Master of Education Degree in selected areas.

 Following approval of the Board of Trustees, the name of the institution was changed to Southern Arkansas University by the Board of Higher Education on July 9, 1976, in accordance with Act 343 of the General Assembly of 1975.

Harding University

Harding University is a private liberal arts university with international campuses scattered across the globe and its main campus located in Searcy, Arkansas, about 50 miles (80 km) north-east of Little Rock. It is one of several institutions of higher learning associated with the Churches of Christ.

Founded in Morrilton, Arkansas, in 1924, Harding College moved to the campus of the defunct Galloway Female College in Searcy, Arkansas, ten years later. Today, the university contains forty-

eight buildings on its Searcy campus. It has satellite campuses in North Little Rock, Paragould,and Bentonville as well. In addition, Harding boasts a number of international campuses across the globe: in Brisbane, Australia; Viña del Mar, Chile; London, England; Porto Rafti, Greece; Florence, Italy; France; and Namwianga Mission, Zambia.

 The university also maintains a School of Theology in Memphis, Tennessee

. Furthermore, Harding operates Camp Tahkodah in Floral, Arkansas, and Harding Academy, also in Searcy. The fall 2014 student body of 6,075 students includes 4,492 undergraduate and 1,583 

graduate students from forty-nine states (currently missing North Dakota) and forty-four foreign countries. The fall 2014 enrollment is the 28th consecutive record fall undergraduate enrollment for the university.

Founded in Morrilton, Arkansas, in 1924, Harding College moved to the campus of the defunct Galloway Female College in Searcy, Arkansas, ten years later. Today, the university contains forty-eight buildings on its Searcy campus. It has satellite campuses in North Little Rock, Paragould,

and Bentonville as well. In addition, Harding boasts a number of international campuses across the globe: in Brisbane, Australia; Viña del Mar, Chile; London, England; Porto Rafti, Greece; Florence, Italy; France; and Namwianga Mission, Zambia.

 The university also maintains a School of Theology in Memphis, Tennessee. Furthermore, Harding operates Camp Tahkodah in Floral, Arkansas, and Harding Academy, also in Searcy. The fall 2014 student body of 6,075 students includes 4,492 undergraduate and 1,583 graduate students from forty-nine states (currently missing North Dakota) and forty-four foreign countries.

The fall 2014 enrollment is the 28th consecutive record fall undergraduate enrollment for the university.

Campus[edit]

The David B. Burks American Heritage Building on the Harding University campus

The campus comprises 48 buildings located on 350 acres (1.4 km2) near the center of Searcy.

 The campus lies roughly between Race Avenue and Beebe-Capps Expressway and includes several other minor thoroughfares, the campus of Harding Academy, Harding Place (a retirement community), and portions of surrounding neighborhoods.

The heart of the campus includes the George S. Benson Auditorium, which hosts daily chapel and sits facing the McInteer Bible and World Missions Center. Brackett Library, the American Studies Building (Education and English departments), the David B. Burks American Heritage Building (hotel and offices), Pattie Cobb Hall, and the Administration Building frame a grassy central 

commons area upon which can be found several paths, a fountain, and a bell tower made out of bricks from the institution that once stood there: Galloway Female College. Notable additions in recent years have included several dormitories. Expansions of the cafeteria, student center, art department, David B.

 Burks American Heritage Building, along with the addition of the McInteer Bible and World Missions Center, came with the closing of the road that once ran through that part of campus. It is now a pedestrian mall.

After years of competing in the Ganus Athletic Center, Harding's volleyball and basketball teams moved back to the Rhodes Memorial Field House, a round-topped airplane hangar from WWII. The "old gym" as it was once called was retrofitted to accentuate the already deafening acoustics of the

 facility, which has worked to the advantage of the home teams. The campus also has extensive intramural sports facilities.

In 2013, Harding paid for the renovation of White County Medical Center South to be remodeled into the new area for Harding's Doctor of Physical Therapy complex.

Pulaski Technical College

Pulaski Technical College employs 408 full-time faculty and staff and 306 adjunct faculty.

Pulaski Technical College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and a member of the North Central Association, 30 North LaSalle Street, Suite 2400, Chicago, IL 60602, (800) 621-7440.

 Pulaski Tech offers more than 90 associate degree and certificate programs of study. Pulaski Tech maintains articulation agreements with the accredited universities in its service area.

 Pulaski Tech's continuing education and business outreach program is one of the largest of its kind among two-year colleges in the state. Pulaski Tech provides customized training programs for more than 160 area businesses and industries.

Pulaski Technical College at North Little Rock, is part of the Arkansas Technical and Community College System maintained by the State of Arkansas. The college is governed by a seven-member board of trustees, appointed by the governor, and derives its support largely from student tuition and fees and legislative appropriations.

Pulaski Tech's was established in October 1945 as the Little Rock Vocational School under the supervision of the Little Rock Public Schools. 

In October 1969, administration of the school was transferred to the Arkansas Board of Vocational Education and the school was named Pulaski 

Vocational Technical School. Early in the 1970s, 137 acres declared surplus by the Veterans Administration were transferred to the North Little Rock School District and Pulaski was given 40 acres for a new school site. Pulaski Vo-Tech moved from 14th and Scott streets in Little Rock to its present location in January 1976.

 When the Arkansas General Assembly created the Arkansas Technical and Community College System in 1991, Pulaski and 12 other vocational-technical schools became technical colleges under the coordination of the Arkansas Board of Higher Education.

 Pulaski Tech is a a comprehensive two-year college offering associate degree and certificate programs for students who plan to transfer to four-year colleges and universities and/or for career preparation and advancement.

Dr. Margaret A. Ellibee was selected in June 2012 by the Pulaski Technical College Board of Trustees to serve as college president. She began August 16.

 On February 26, 2014, following the controversial termination of a long-standing instructor, the Pulaski Technical College Student Government Association voted 9-3 that it had no-confidence in 

 Ellibee. On March 11, 2014, voters rejected a proposed millage increase that would have provided funding to the college. The millage was defeated by a margin of three-to-one.

Since 2012, the college has seen a significant decrease in enrollment. At the start of Dr. Ellibee's tenure, fall student enrollment was nearly 12,000 students. Although Ellibee recently told the Arkansas Gazette that enrollment losses started in 2011 because "the state required changes to

 increase admission standards, and federal financial-aid requirements became stricter," the changes in admissions standards were discussed in Fall 2012 but did not start until Fall 2013. These changes cost the school approximately 168 students.

The Spring 2015 enrollment fell below 8400 students.This is a 30 percent loss in two years. Dr. Ellibee continues to insist that such losses are part of a national trend..

 Fall 2014 saw a drop of 4.7 percent for all Arkansas two year colleges, which the AP described as part of a national 

trend. Pulaski Tech had a 12.2 percent loss over the same period, more than double the state average.

Hendrix College

Hendrix College is a private liberal arts college located in Conway, Arkansas which is about 30 miles from Little Rock. Enrollment is over 1,400, mostly undergraduates.

 While affiliated with the United Methodist Church, the curriculum is secular and the student body is composed of people from many different religious backgrounds.Hendrix is a member of the Associated Colleges of the South.

Hendrix College was founded as a primary school called Central Institute in 1876 at Altus, Arkansas, by Rev. Isham L. Burrow

 In 1881 it was renamed Central Collegiate Institute when secondary and collegiate departments were added.[8] The next year the first graduating collegiate class, composed of three women, were awarded Mistress of English Literature degrees.

 In 1884, three conferences of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South purchased the school. This began the school's relationship with the Methodist Episcopal Church, South and later The Methodist Church and the United Methodist Church. 

The Central Collegiate Institute was renamed Hendrix College in 1889 in honor of Rev. Eugene Russell Hendrix, a presiding bishop over three Arkansas Methodist conferences. This same year, the primary school was discontinued

Hendrix College was initially designated a male college, but by the time of the name change in 1889, the college allowed for the enrollment of women who were interested in the college's course of study.

 In 1890, after receiving bids from seven other Arkansas towns, the Hendrix Board of Trustees chose Conway as the new location for the college.

 Secondary education was discontinued in 1925. In 1929 the college merged with Henderson-Brown College, a private school in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, which briefly created Hendrix-Henderson College. Two years later the name reverted to Hendrix College.

The merger resulted in Hendrix Bull Dogs becoming the Hendrix Warriors, and the college newspaper, the Bull Dog, being renamed the College Profile

The newly expanded college planned to move to Little Rock, Arkansas, but the city of Conway was able to raise $150,000 to keep the school located there.

 In 1930 the name was briefly changed to Trinity College but was reverted to Hendrix College after opposition by students, alumni and townspeople.

 The financially troubled Galloway Woman’s College in Searcy, Arkansas was absorbed by Hendrix in 1933 during the Great Depression.

On November 1, 2013, the college announced that William Tsutsui will become its 11th president beginning in June 2014

Henderson State University

Henderson State University, founded in 1890 as Arkadelphia Methodist College,

 is a four-year public liberal arts university located in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, United States. It is Arkansas's only member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges

] Henderson's curricula based on the belief that a liberal arts education is essential for all undergraduates; Henderson utilizes a program based on a core of courses in the arts and sciences.

The school owns and operates radio station KSWH-FM, as well as the local Public-access television cable TV channel, HTV on Suddenlink's channel 9.

Henderson State University, was founded on March 23, 1890 as Arkadelphia Methodist College. The university was renamed for Charles Christopher Henderson, a Trustee and prominent Arkadelphia businessman,

in 1904. In 1911 the name was changed to Henderson-Brown College to honor Walter Brown. The state convention decided to close the institution down after thirty nine years of Methodist control and combine it with Hendrix College in Conway. The student body, administration, and local population 

strongly disagreed with the idea and after negotiations with state lawmakers, Henderson-Brown was turned over to the state to prevent the merger.

 Then in 1929, the institution became known as Henderson State Teachers College. Hendrix was renamed Hendrix-Henderson College, and remained so for about two years before returning to Hendrix College.

After becoming a public institution, Henderson State Teachers College began to expand at a rate never envisioned while it was under Methodist control. Six major buildings were built during the Great Depression alone. After World War II, the enrollment nearly doubled to about 500 students.

 Graduate classes were first offered in 1951 through the University of Arkansas. In 1955, the school's first graduate degree program began. To reflect the change, the name was changed to Henderson State College in 1967 and again in 1975 to Henderson State University. Henderson has an excellent 

academic record. It has produced numerous Rhodes, Fulbright, and Rotary International scholars. It serves as Arkansas’s only member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges. Currently, degree programs are offered through the Matt Locke Ellis College of Arts and Sciences, the School of

 Business, the School of Education, and the Graduate School. Henderson has its own degree program in nursing, and it also provides the academic program for the Baptist School of Nursing. The university offers the state’s only four-year bachelor of science degree in aviation. The enrollment in the fall of 2012 was 3,773

Arkansas Tech University

Arkansas Tech University (ATU) is a comprehensive regional institution located in Russellville, Arkansas, United States. 

The university offers programs at both baccalaureate and graduate levels in a range of fields. Arkansas Tech will welcome its first doctoral cohorts in the

 Summer of 2015. The Arkansas Tech University–Ozark Campus, a two-year satellite campus in the town of Ozark, primarily focuses on associate and certificate education.

The Second District Agricultural School was created by Act 100 of 1909 of the Arkansas General Assembly It was decided on February 10, 1910, to found the school in Russellville.

 On October 26, 1910, the first classes were held in Russellville. The original purpose of the school was to offer classes leading to a high school degree.

 Later on, the school took on the first two years of college instruction, and the school's name was changed to Arkansas Polytechnic College by the General Assembly in 1925 to reflect this change in purpose.

 At this time, the course work leading to a high school diploma was phased out and in 1931, Tech formally only offered courses leading to a college degree.

In the fall of 2003, Arkansas Tech University announced it intended to overtake the state vocational school, Arkansas Valley Technical Institute, in Ozark, the seat of Franklin County. As of July 1, 2004, the Ozark campus has acted as a satellite campus of Arkansas Tech and has begun offering coursework leading toward an Associate of Applied Science degree in various subjects.

On Oct. 23, 2013, Jerry the Bulldog was adopted as Arkansas Tech's campus ambassador after a 0year absence from the school.

From 1997-2014, enrollment at Arkansas Tech has increased by 183 percent. The Fall of 2014 marks the 16th consecutive year that Arkansas Tech has established a new institutional record for largest enrollment at 12,003 students, also officially making ATU the 3rd largest institution of higher learning in the state of Arkansas.

Arkansas Tech has invested $180 million in upgrades to its infrastructure since 1995 and the university has added more than 40 new academic programs of study under the leadership of Robert C. Brown, who has served as president of Arkansas Tech since 1993.

 In April, 2014, Dr. Robin E. Bowen was unanimously selected by the university trustees selected to succeed Dr. Brown; when she takes office on 1 July 2014, she will become the first woman to lead a four-year, public Arkansas university

University of Arkansas at Little Rock

University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR) is a metropolitan public research university located in Little Rock, Arkansas. Established as Little Rock Junior College by the Little Rock School District in 1927, the institution became a private four-year 

university under the name Little Rock University in 1957. It returned to public status in 1969 when it merged with the University of Arkansas System under its present name.

Located on 250 acres, the UALR campus encompasses more than 56 buildings, including the Center for Nanotechnology Integrative Sciences, the Emerging Analytics Center, and the Sequoyah Research 

Center, and the Ottenheimer Library

 Additionally, UALR houses special learning facilities that include a learning resource center, art galleries, KUAR public radio station

 University Television, cyber café, speech and hearing clinic, and a campus-wide wireless network.

Because of the university's location in the state capital, UALR students benefit from close contact with leaders in government, business, industry, medicine (University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences), information technology, and arts and culture.

 As the state's only metropolitan university and as a member of the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities, UALR provides a strategic focus on the needs of the community by creating active links between the campus, community, and commerce.

The Center for Integrative Nanotechnology Sciences is a state-of-the-art facility focused on faculty and student research, education, and economic development. The center advances the science of nanotechnology through research and outreach, along with accelerating technological innovations into applications for society.

 In 2013, the Emerging Analytics Center opened to provide advanced visualization and interactive technologies enhance economic development in Arkansas and around the world. Dr. Carolina Cruz-Neira, globally recognized as an international pioneer in the areas of virtual reality

 and interactive visualization, directs the center, which is creating exciting collaborative endeavors to bring faculty, students, and industry professionals toward transforming innovative ideas into tangible research and development projects

The student life at UALR is typical of public universities in the United States. It is characterized by student-run organizations and affiliation groups that support social, academic, athletic and religious activities and interests. Some of the services offered by the UALR.

 Office of Campus Life are intramural sports and fitness programs, diversity programs, leadership development, peer tutoring, student government association, student support programs including groups for non-traditional and first generation students, a student-run newspaper, 

and fraternity and sorority life. The proximity of the UALR campus to downtown Little Rock enables students to take advantage of a wide array of recreational, entertainment, educational, internship and employment opportunities that are not available anywhere else in Arkansas.

Arkansas State University

Arkansas State University (also known as A-State) is a public university and is the flagship campus of the Arkansas State University System, the state's second largest college system and second largest university by enrollment. It is located atop 

1,376 acres (5.6 km2) on Crowley's Ridge at Jonesboro, Arkansas, United States. The university 

marked its centennial year in 2009.

A-State was founded as the First District Agricultural School in Jonesboro in 1909 by the Arkansas Legislature as a regional agricultural training school. Robert W.

 Glover, a Missionary Baptist pastor who served in both houses of the Arkansas Legislature from Sheridan (1905–1912), introduced in 1909 the resolution calling for the establishment of four state agricultural colleges, including the future ASU

In 1918, ASU began offering a two-year college program. In 1925, it became First District Agricultural and Mechanical College.

 A four-year degree program was begun in 1930. A & M College became Arkansas State College in 1933. In 1967, the Arkansas Legislature elevated the college to university status and changed the name to Arkansas State University.

In the fall of 2013, A-State welcomed its most academically prepared freshman class. The result of several years of growing both admission standards and increasing on-campus housing, A-State's incoming first-year first-time student composite ACT was 23.3 with an average high school GPA of 3.44.

 This was the second consecutive year of high ACT/GPA freshman classes for Arkansas State. The university also posted back-to-back high graduate counts in spring 2012 and spring 2013, producing the most graduates in a two-year period in school historya

Master's degree graduate programs were initiated in 1955, and ASU began offering its first doctoral degree, in educational leadership, in the fall of 1992. A second doctoral program, in environmental science, was begun in the fall of 1997, and the doctoral program in heritage studies began in the fall of 2001. Newer doctoral programs are in environmental science, molecular biosciences and physical therapy.

Today, the institution has more than 70,000 alumni. Programs at the specialist's, master's, bachelor's and associate degree levels are available through the various colleges

degree programs through the doctoral level; Beebe (White County), Mountain Home (Baxter County), and Newport (Jackson County), where associate degree programs are offered; and at Heber Springs, Marked Tree, and Searcy.

 Arkansas State University-Beebe became part of the ASU System in 1955. It associated with White River Vo-Tech at Newport in 1992; that campus attained stand-alone status and is now Arkansas State University-Newport. The Mountain Home campus officially became ASU-Mountain Home on July 1, 1995.

 Delta Technical Institute at Marked Tree merged with ASU and became Arkansas State University Technical Center on July 1, 2001. A new campus was built for ASU-Heber Springs, which operates as a sister campus of ASU-Beebe. Foothills Technical Institute at Searcy was merged with ASU-Beebe on July 1, 2003, and is now ASU-Searcy, a technical institute of ASU-Beebe.

ASU offers bachelor's degree programs, master's degree programs and upper level courses through ASU degree centers at ASU-Beebe, ASU-Mountain Home, and three other cities -- Blytheville, Forrest City, and West Memphis—where partnership 

agreements have been established in cooperation with the local community colleges. ASU also operates an instructional site at nearby Paragould in Greene County.

A-State has grown rapidly over the past 20 years. Current enrollment for the Jonesboro campus stands close to 14,000, and the system has an enrollment of greater than 20,000.