by - November 24, 2017 6:17 pm
University of Arkansas head football coach Bret Bielema was fired on Friday (Nov. 24) following a 48-45 loss to Missouri and capping a 4-8 season. Interim athletics director Julie Cromer…
by - October 19, 2017 8:04 pm
For more than 30 years, the Arkansas State University Convocation Center has been a center for athletic competitions, concerts and business exhibitions in Northeast Arkansas. It became an arena on…
by - October 2, 2017 7:27 pm
Although the debate over school choice has been raging for years, it wasn’t something I paid attention to. I had always assumed that my children would attend the local public…
by - October 2, 2017 7:11 pm
Arkansas’ contribution to the nation’s massive $1.4 trillion student loan bubble actually got smaller in 2014, moving the state off another “bottom ten” financial ranking of U.S. states with the…
by - October 1, 2017 9:37 am
The Frank and Barbara Broyles Foundation announced this week that the 2017 Broyles Award ceremony will be broadcast live and commercial free on KATV Channel 7, December 5th at 12:00…
by - September 27, 2017 5:26 pm
Steve Brawner with Independent Arkansas reports: The Little Rock School District could have a school board election so it can be returned to local control as early as May…
by - September 17, 2017 5:21 pm
Arkansas State University’s Board of Trustees voted unanimously Friday to enter into separate land-lease agreements to build disaster preparedness test sites. One is a 183-acre plot owned by the city…
by - September 6, 2017 8:39 am
Arkansas State University Campus Queretaro welcomed its first 250 students when it opened on Monday. ASUCQ is a private foundation led by Mexican businessman Ricardo González. He and his partners…
by - September 5, 2017 12:33 pm
The University of Central Arkansas Makerspace Powered by the Conductor has hired Jason Huselton as its master maker. Huselton is a 1997 UCA graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in…
by - September 5, 2017 12:22 pm
A new Arkansas education report shows that 50 public schools have chronic absenteeism rates of 30% or higher. Another 109 Arkansas schools are experiencing chronic student absence rates of 20-29…
by - August 27, 2017 9:51 am
On its 10-year anniversary, economist Mervin Jebaraj dusted off a 2007 economic impact study that shows Frank Broyles’ leadership contributed at least $2.9 billion to Northwest Arkansas’ economy. Jebaraj, interim…
by - August 14, 2017 4:12 pm
Arkansas State University-Beebe Chancellor Dr. Karla Fisher tendered her resignation Monday. Fisher’s tenure will end Tuesday (Aug. 15). She will remain with the ASU system, acting as a special assistant…
by - August 1, 2017 12:40 pm
It’s been nearly ten years since Arkansas State University changed its mascot from the Native American Indian to the Red Wolf. The university is about to expand its role to…
by - July 18, 2017 4:31 pm
The Arkansas State Alumni Association has hired a new executive director. Lindsay Burnett, a 2005 marketing graduate from ASU, will replace Beth Smith who retired earlier this spring. “Lindsay has…
by - July 12, 2017 10:19 am
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock said it plans to conduct a feasibility study on whether or not to add a football program and a marching band. The school…
by - June 13, 2017 9:07 am
Arkansas State University and the Department of Disaster Preparedness & Emergency Management in partnership with the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management will host the 2017 Regional Earthquake Exercise June 14-18, according…
by - June 8, 2017 9:35 pm
The Arkansas State University Board of Trustees approved a 3.4% tuition and fee hike for the Jonesboro campus during a meeting Thursday at the Newport campus. Trustees also approved the…
by - April 24, 2017 7:33 pm
Dr. Charles “Chuck” Welch celebrated his sixth anniversary at the helm of the Arkansas State University System on April 23, 2017. As president of the system, Welch has guided the…
by - March 1, 2017 8:23 pm
Arkansas needs to invest $20 million in order to ensure the state’s pre-K programs don’t fall further behind, officials with a statewide education reform and advocacy group said on Wednesday….
by - February 22, 2017 8:44 pm
A Senate committee on Wednesday gave a “do pass” recommendation to legislation that would give charter schools across the state the “right of first refusal” to purchase facilities that are…
