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		<title>State Economic Leaders Discuss Importance of Higher Education</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arkapu.org/2010/01/27/state-economic-leaders-discuss-importance-of-higher-education/</link>
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		<title>Connect Arkansas Gets $2 Million to Map State Broadband Access</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;s State Broadband Data and Development program.
The nonprofit said the grant will help fund mapping [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arkapu.org/2009/10/29/connect-arkansas-gets-2-million-to-map-state-broadband-access/</link>
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		<title>College Students Declared Winners at Conference’s Yearly Poster Competition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arkapu.org/2009/10/29/college-students-declared-winners-at-conference%e2%80%99s-yearly-poster-competition/</link>
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		<title>Higher Education Opportunities Grant</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When: Saturday, November 1, 2009
Agency: Arkansas Department of Higher Education (Financial Aid)
What: Higher Education Opportunities Grant (Spring Term)
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		<link>http://www.arkapu.org/2009/10/27/higher-education-opportunities-grant/</link>
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		<title>Are Today&#8217;s Grads Unprofessional?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arkapu.org/2009/10/23/are-todays-grads-unprofessional/</link>
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		<title>Private Borrowing for College Drops Sharply, While College Costs Creep Up</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arkapu.org/2009/10/21/private-borrowing-for-college-drops-sharply-while-college-costs-creep-up/</link>
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		<title>In Hard Times, It Pays to Increase Benefits, Colleges Are Advised</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arkapu.org/2009/10/21/in-hard-times-it-pays-to-increase-benefits-colleges-are-advised/</link>
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		<title>Entrepreneurship Is On the Rise, Educators Find</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arkapu.org/2009/10/20/entrepreneurship-is-on-the-rise-educators-find/</link>
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		<title>AAPU Establishes Tip of the Spear Award</title>
		<description><![CDATA[



Gov. Mike Beebe presents Claiborne Deming with the AAPU&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arkapu.org/2009/10/06/aapu-establishes-tip-of-the-spear-award/</link>
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		<title>UALR Places in Microsoft Software Design Competition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arkapu.org/2009/05/06/ualr-places-in-microsoft-software-design-competition/</link>
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