by - February 2, 2015 10:15 pm
The recent state takeover of the Little Rock School District is a bad idea because the answers to the district’s problems must come from within the community, the national president…
by - February 2, 2015 8:30 am
Tony Wood is now not only the state’s education commissioner but, as of Wednesday (Jan. 28), effectively the Little Rock School District’s school board. The State Board of Education’s takeover…
by - February 1, 2015 9:23 am
Dr. Sherece West-Scantlebury, executive director of the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation and a steering member of ForwARd Arkansas, says the newly formed education reform group wants to shape a pre-K through…
by - January 30, 2015 9:01 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced the following appointments: David Nelson, Magnolia, to the Southern Arkansas University Board of Trustees. Appointment expires January 14, 2020. Replaces James Freeman. Jay Brain, Rogers, to…
by - January 30, 2015 6:47 pm
A longtime economic development official has been named the interim leader of the Arkansas State University Delta Center for Economic Development, university officials said Monday. Shawnie Carrier, who also serves…
by - January 29, 2015 8:32 pm
A press release from the Arkansas Department of Higher Education says that a search committee will recommend Brett Powell as the new director of ADHE at a coordinating board meeting…
by - January 29, 2015 11:40 am
InterveXion Therapeutics, a startup spawned from UAMS research, has received $14.5 million to further its research and production. A company that has been incubating in UAMS’ Bioventures startup facility, InterveXion…
by - January 29, 2015 10:04 am
The University of Central Arkansas says it will begin a feasibility study to possibly open a new school of optometry on the Conway campus. Tripp Umbach, a healthcare consulting group…
by - January 28, 2015 7:31 pm
Alexis Rogers with our content partner, KATV Ch. 7 News, reports: The Arkansas Department of Education voted Wednesday to take over the historic Little Rock School District. The board voted…
by - January 28, 2015 4:35 pm
This week, Talk Business & Politics Editor-in-Chief Roby Brock, KATV’s lead capitol reporter Janelle Lilley, Clinton School dean Skip Rutherford, and Capitol Advisors Group John Burris were our roundtable guests. What does this week's panel think of the big news, which broke in the middle of our roundtable discussion?
by - January 27, 2015 8:15 pm
It never hurts to have a plan for the future. Arkansas State’s business dean wants every student to have one.
by - January 27, 2015 11:03 am
Editor’s note: Scott Richardson is the former Senior Assistant Attorney General for education. He is currently in private practice at the law firm McDaniel, Richardson & Calhoun. Students in six schools…
by - January 27, 2015 11:02 am
There have been some exciting developments recently for students who wish to go to college but who may lack the resources to do so. In early January, the President announced…
by - January 27, 2015 6:53 am
Editor’s note: Each Tuesday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Campus Talk,” a recap and deep-dive into education topics in our email newsletter, which you can sign up to receive daily for…
by - January 25, 2015 8:35 pm
VisuaLogistic Technologies Inc., a start-up company in Fayetteville founded by graduates of the University of Arkansas, has developed an updated model of its traffic warning system for potential use by…
by - January 25, 2015 8:27 pm
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a full patent for a protein manufacturing technology that was developed in part through research at the University of Arkansas. The new…
by - January 22, 2015 2:27 pm
Editor’s note: Gov. Asa Hutchinson delivered this health care policy speech at UAMS’ Jackson T. Stephens Neurosciences Institute on January 22, 2015. This transcript was provided courtesy of the Governor’s…
by - January 22, 2015 6:43 am
John Brown University, a private college based in Siloam Springs, kicked off the public phase of its $125 million capital campaign in an announcement on Wednesday (Jan. 21) that included…
by - January 21, 2015 11:55 am
The Tyson Foods Foundation and the Tyson family donated $500,000 to the University of Arkansas to support its online university program, eVersity. The online program allows students to complete course…
by - January 21, 2015 11:47 am
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and his wife, Gene, have made a gift of $10.65 million to Razorback Athletics to support the soon-to-be-completed student-athlete success center, a monument to the…
