by - June 6, 2013 7:56 am
From David Goins with our content partner, Fox 16 News: Officials with the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery say they will be able to project the amount of money going to college…
by - June 6, 2013 7:51 am
In mid-May, Talk Business reported that professional school higher education students were facing significant financial hurdles due to state budget cuts to the Arkansas Health Education Grants (ARHEG) program. The…
by - June 5, 2013 2:50 pm
School districts across Arkansas are preparing to implement the state’s new Teacher Excellence and Support System, or TESS – a process that spells out how to rate teachers’ performance, helps…
by - June 4, 2013 2:43 pm
Former Sen. Blanche Lincoln lands on a new board, plus changes at the Dept. of Education and St. Vincent’s Health System. LINCOLN JOINS ALLIANTGROUP BOARD Former Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D)…
by - June 4, 2013 5:25 am
The new George W. Donaghey Emerging Analytics Center at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock will crunch enough data to create three-dimensional representations of construction projects, allow interns to…
by - June 3, 2013 10:43 am
UALR launched the George W. Donaghey Emerging Analytics Center (EAC), a program that state and higher education officials describe as a “game changer.” The EAC, located on the fourth floor…
by - May 30, 2013 4:30 pm
As has been the case for at least the past five years, for every two males who are enrolled in an Arkansas public college or university, there are three females….
by - May 30, 2013 3:58 pm
Moves at the Arkansas Department of Education, Walmart.com, Simmons First Trust and the State Board of Election Commissioners. ADE CHIEF OF STAFF LEAVING FOR SCHOOL BOARDS POST Phyllis Stewart, the chief…
by - May 29, 2013 3:24 pm
Former Speaker of the House Bill Stovall, who currently serves as Chief Operations Officer in the Arkansas House, will become the new executive director of the Arkansas Association of Two-Year…
by - May 28, 2013 5:36 pm
An era in Arkansas education ended Friday as Dan Farley spent his last day in his office after 14 years as executive director of the Arkansas School Boards Association. Farley,…
by - May 28, 2013 6:27 am
Editor’s note: Talk Business Arkansas contributor Steve Brawner begins a recurring feature called “Three Questions” for our education and public policy readers. Dr. Richard Abernathy, executive director of the Arkansas…
by - May 24, 2013 7:29 am
From a variety of our content partners, there was a lot of action among the board of trustees for the University of Arkansas and Arkansas State University. The University of…
by - May 21, 2013 2:59 am
The first chairwoman in the school’s history, Jane Rogers now leads the University of Arkansas System Board of Trustees.
by - May 21, 2013 2:32 am
Researchers at the University of Central Arkansas in Conway have completed a study showing the “digital divide” between younger and older generations is beginning to narrow. The “digital divide” is…
by - May 16, 2013 1:50 pm
Arkansas Education Commissioner Dr. Tom Kimbrell today exercised his authority under state law to dissolve the school board of the Mineral Springs School District. The action was taken to immediately…
by - May 15, 2013 7:01 pm
Reporter Marci Manley with our content partner, KARK 4 News, reports that thousands of professional school higher education students are facing significant financial hurdles due to state budget cuts. The…
by - May 15, 2013 6:29 am
The University of Arkansas board of trustees quizzed a number of four-year college administrators on their varying requests to raise tuition next year. Rob Moritz with our content partner, the…
by - May 13, 2013 1:54 pm
Jacksonville and the north Pulaski County area moved closer to divorcing the rest of the Pulaski County Special School District at Monday’s State Board of Education meeting. Meanwhile, two south…
by - May 10, 2013 8:34 pm
A potentially serious financial crisis exists for a public school employee insurance fund that could be $60 million in the red. Marci Manley with our content partner, KARK Ch. 4…
by - May 10, 2013 8:17 pm
Economically disadvantaged students who participated in an Arkansas Better Chance-funded pre-kindergarten program were more likely to be prepared to enter kindergarten than disadvantaged students who didn’t, two studies indicate. However,…
