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Jack Suntrup on February 15, 2012 at 9:50 am • 0 Comments •
As states around the country continue to slash funding to higher education, public universities have had to make ends meet on the backs of their students. In response, President Obama recently laid out his vision for reigning in tuition costs.
Obama’s ...
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Jack Suntrup on January 31, 2012 at 9:36 am • 2 Comments •
President Barack Obama pressed lawmakers in his State of the Union address to reform the nation’s student visa program, a sliver of broad immigration reform he would like to sign.
If passed, the legislation could affect more than 700,000 international students ...
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Brittany Nims on December 5, 2011 at 10:34 am • 0 Comments •
Higher education institutions should adapt to new technology and students’ learning styles because of budget challenges and to remain competitive, said Donald Bobbitt, UA system president, during a Nov. 13 speech at The Clinton School of Public Service in Little ...
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Chad Woodard on November 16, 2011 at 9:27 am • 0 Comments •
Between 1998 and 2010, the number of UA freshmen from states that border Arkansas increased by nearly 400 percent. Meanwhile, the number of in-state students increased by about 7 percent, according to the U.S. Department of Education.
Among those bordering states, ...
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Karen Stigar on November 14, 2011 at 10:00 am • 0 Comments •
Bookstore employees are now reserving textbooks for next semester because of early registration, the director of the campus bookstore said.
The UA provides a list of required textbooks to all surrounding bookstores by November 1 according to enrollment in certain courses ...
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BaileyKestner on November 14, 2011 at 9:45 am • 0 Comments •
More than 90 percent of professors surveyed at various four-year public universities in 2010 said e-book content would soon be an important instructional resource, according to a report by the Campus Computing Project.
The Campus Computing Project began in 1990 and ...
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Jack Suntrup on November 14, 2011 at 9:45 am • 0 Comments •
This semester marks the first fall commencement ceremony at the University of Arkansas since 1971. The Dec. 17 ceremony will feature speeches by prominent Arkansans, officials said.
Ernest Green, a member of the Little Rock Nine, and former Representative John Paul ...
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Jannee Sullivan on November 9, 2011 at 10:15 am • 4 Comments •
Jason Blankenship, associate director and academic advisor for the Fulbright Honors College, spent his last day with the Honors College on Friday, Nov. 4. Blankenship will now be working in the Office of Nationally Competitive Awards.
His new job will consist ...
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Landon Reeves on November 9, 2011 at 10:10 am • 0 Comments •
The senate committee on state agencies and governmental affairs in higher education discussed the enforcement of deadlines for university professors to make class book lists public, officials said.
Under Act 175 of 2007, which sets deadlines for textbook adoption, UA professors ...
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Chad Woodard on November 9, 2011 at 9:59 am • 0 Comments •
Starting a new life is not always an easy thing, but Casandra Guarino was determined to do it; by herself.
She is from Kansas City, Mo., and her main goal since she moved to Fayetteville has been to graduate from medical ...
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Megan Huckaby on November 8, 2011 at 8:15 am • 0 Comments •
Hotz Hall is being restored to a residence hall, forcing the UA to find space for all of the offices that must vacate the building by the end of June. (Photo by Meleah Gross)
The UA administration is in the ...