Campus Talk: Arkansas Tech Ranked Among Fastest-Growing Universities

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ARKANSAS TECH RANKED AMONG FASTEST-GROWING UNIVERSITIES IN AMERICA
For a third consecutive year, Arkansas Tech University has been named one of the 10 fastest-growing institutions in its category in the United States.

The 2015 Almanac of Higher Education, which was published by The Chronicle of Higher Education, lists Arkansas Tech as the 10th fastest-growing public, master degree-granting university in the country. Arkansas Tech achieved the distinction with 81.9% growth in enrollment during the 10-year span (2003-13) utilized for the listing. The 106th session of Arkansas Tech began on Wednesday, Aug. 26, with the opening of classes for the fall 2015 semester.

ASU’S NURSING PROGRAM MAKES TOP TEN LIST IN EASTERN REGION
The nursing program at Arkansas State University has been selected as one of the top 10 collegiate programs in the eastern region of the United States and the highest ranked program in Arkansas, NurseJournal.org announced recently.

Nursejournal.org researched nursing programs in 1,189 schools. A-State is listed ninth in the eastern region which includes the states of Arkansas, Georgia, North Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, New York, Tennessee, Louisiana, Virginia, West Virginia, Alabama, Kentucky, Maryland, South Carolina, Delaware, Connecticut, New Jersey, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania. The national ranking was divided into three major regions – eastern, central and western.

The nursing program at Arkansas State is one of the largest on campus in terms of enrollment and ranks highly among the number of undergraduate degrees conferred, ASU officials said. Among majors by college, nursing ranks second for undergraduates and graduates.

FORMER LRSD SUPERINTENDENT LOSES DOCTORATE AND FUTURE PAY
Officials with the Little Rock School District said a payment scheduled to be made on Tuesday to former Little Rock School District Superintendent Dexter Suggs will not be delivered after the district found out Suggs’ doctorate degree had been revoked by his alma mater of Indiana Wesleyan University.

Suggs resigned in April from the Little Rock School District with a $250,000 total severance package following allegations he plagiarized his doctoral dissertation. Donald Sprowl, Assistant Provost at Indiana Wesleyan University said the school revoked Suggs’ degree this month.

15 INMATES GRADUATE FROM ARKANSAS BAPTIST COLLEGE EX-OFFENDER PROGRAM
Fifteen student inmates graduated on Friday (Aug. 28) from the Exodus Academy at Arkansas Baptist College, a program that aims to help ex-offenders stay out of prison for life. This is the third class to graduate from the program, formerly known as Under Grace.

According to Arkansas Baptist officials, more than 100 men and women are projected to complete the Exodus program and re-enter society after serving time in the state’s prison system. The Exodus program allows a select group of non-violent offenders the opportunity to start an education program prior to their scheduled date of parole.