Posted on February 21st, 2008 by AAPU
By Miranda Grubbs
Assistant News Editor-The Echo (UCA)
Published: February 20, 2008
The Arkansas Association of Public Universities wants to increase the number of Arkansans who hold bachelor’s degrees to help the future knowledge-based economy, organization director Tim Wooldridge said.
According to a 2003 list from the U.S. Census Bureau, Arkansas ranks 49 among the states for [...]
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Posted on February 18th, 2008 by AAPU
MONTICELLO, AR — University of Arkansas at Monticello Chancellor Jack Lassiter has been selected to chair a group that will organize and plan the annual meeting of the Arkansas Association of Public Universities (AAPU).
Lassiter’s selection was announced at the AAPU’s first Presidents and Chancellors Advance/Retreat held January 27-28 at Mount Magazine State Park.
The group discussed [...]
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Posted on February 18th, 2008 by AAPU
Arkansas Association of Public Universities (AAPU) Executive Director and former Arkansas Sen. Tim Wooldridge recently accepted an invitation to serve on the Board of Advisors for the Arkansas World Trade Center (ARWTC) in Rogers, Arkansas.
“We welcome Tim Wooldridge to the ARWTC Advisory board, said Dan Hendrix, president and CEO of the center. We appreciate [...]
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Posted on February 11th, 2008 by AAPU
CONWAY, Ark. (February 8, 2008) Education officials, along with Sen. Gilbert Baker of Conway, held a press conference Friday, Feb.8, at Sallie Cone Elementary School in Conway to continue publicizing the Aspiring Scholars Matching Grant, a pilot program intended to provide incentive to lower and middle income families to save for their children’s education. This [...]
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Posted on February 4th, 2008 by AAPU
The highest point in Arkansas, Mount Magazine, was selected by the Arkansas Association of Public Universities (AAPU) as the venue where presidents and chancellors of member institutions united to cast a vision for higher education as the AAPU hosted the first Presidents and Chancellors Advance/Retreat, January 27-28.
Dr. David Rankin, chairman of the AAPU and president [...]
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