Posted on January 27th, 2010 by AAPU
Arkansas Economic Development Commission Executive Director Maria Haley speaks to state university presidents and chancellors.
MORRILTON, Ark. – Education and economic development are dually joined at the hip, Arkansas Economic Development Commission Executive Director Maria Haley told state university presidents and chancellors last weekend.
“Your role as universities is absolutely essential to grow the state’s economy,” said [...]
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Posted on October 29th, 2009 by Janet Wilson
Arkansas Business
Connect Arkansas, an Arkansas private nonprofit created to enhance broadband access, received $2.08 million from the federal government for an accessibility mapping program.
Connect Arkansas, a member of Arkansas Capital Corporation, received the grant from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s State Broadband Data and Development program.
The nonprofit said the grant will help fund mapping [...]
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Posted on October 29th, 2009 by Janet Wilson
During the second day of the 2009 NSF EPSoR Annual Conference, Arkansas college students convened at the Doubletree hotel to take part in the annual poster competition highlighting summaries of their work to be judged by science specialists from across the state.
Later in the day, Governor Mike Beebe congratulated each of the winners, shaking hands [...]
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Posted on October 23rd, 2009 by Janet Wilson
Inside Higher Ed
October 23, 2009
Today’s college graduates do not exhibit as much professionalism as their employers expect of them, according to a new study from York College of Pennsylvania.
As part of the small liberal arts college’s effort to rebrand itself as a place where “professionalism” is cultivated, its newly created Center for Professional Excellence [...]
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Posted on October 21st, 2009 by Janet Wilson
The Chronicle of Higher Education
By Beckie Supiano
Even as tuition and fees increased last year, the amount students borrowed in private loans declined by almost 50 percent, according to the first widely accepted estimate of that drop, which was expected to be significant.
In 2008-9, lenders issued about $11.9-billion in education loans not backed by the federal [...]
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Posted on October 21st, 2009 by Janet Wilson
The Chronicle of Higher Education
By Jennifer Ruark
Las Vegas
Now is an ideal time for colleges and universities to increase employee benefits, according to several administrators and consultants speaking here this week at the national meeting of the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources.
Had the bright Las Vegas lights and the ringing of nearby slot [...]
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Posted on October 20th, 2009 by Janet Wilson
The Chronicle of Higher Education
By Katherine Mangan
Houston
At a time when finding a job, let alone a secure one, may seem like an elusive goal, a growing number of college students are turning to entrepreneurship to try to create their own. Hundreds of educators gathered at Rice University here over the weekend to discuss how best [...]
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Posted on October 6th, 2009 by Janet Wilson
Gov. Mike Beebe presents Claiborne Deming with the AAPU’s first Tip of the Spear Award. Also pictured are Elaine Deming and Dr. David Rankin
LITTLE ROCK (Friday, October 2, 2009) – More than 350 college
and university presidents, chancellors and other higher education officials joined Governor Mike Beebe in honoring Claiborne Deming with the first [...]
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Posted on May 16th, 2009 by Janet Wilson
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Posted on May 6th, 2009 by Janet Wilson
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (May 6, 2009) – A team of UALR graduate business students won second runner-up in the national Microsoft Corp. Imagine Cup Software Design Initiative competition at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Mass.
UALR’s finish was a stunning accomplishment, considering it was the first year the University competed in the worldwide [...]
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