State Colleges and Universities Applaud Signing of Transfer Policy Act

North Little Rock – Members of the Arkansas Association of Public Universities and the Arkansas Association of Two Year Colleges applauded as Governor Mike Beebe recently signed The Roger Phillips Transfer Policy Act. Rep. Mike Burris introduced HB 1357, which will make transferring credits between state colleges and universities easier. Burris invited the daughters and [...]

AAPU endorse Beebe’s tobacco tax for healthcare

The Arkansas Association of Public Universities (AAPU) today announced its endorsement of Governor Mike Beebe’s tobacco tax proposal to fund a statewide trauma system and other health programs.
The presidents and chancellors of AAPU institutions voted unanimously at a recent meeting to support the plan. AAPU institutions, particularly the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, are [...]

Four-year universities create opportunities with ARE-ON

All of Arkansas’s four-year public universities will soon be connected to ARE-ON, the high-speed fiber based optical communications network that will expand research, academic, healthcare and emergency preparedness capabilities throughout the state.
ARE-ON (Arkansas Research and Education Optical Network) provides access to national/international high speed infrastructure such as the National LambdaRail, an ultra-fast national Internet infrastructure [...]

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