This report provides students, parents, and others with employment, earnings, and other outcome information on graduates of Arkansas's state-supported public institutions of higher education. This report is intended to help readers make informed decisions about education and career choices. As specified in Arkansas Act 852 of 2015, information…

This report presents information about higher education in Arkansas. Arkansas is 49th in the United States in the number of citizens over the age of 25 with a baccalaureate or higher degree. Arkansas faces shortages of qualified teachers and nurses in regions of the state at a time when the number of graduates in these professions is declining…

This document provides state minimum core curricula for each two- and four-year institution of higher education in Arkansas, determined by the Department of Higher Education. Courses within this core are to apply toward the general education core curriculum requirements for baccalaureate degrees at state-supported institutions and should be fully…

Guidelines for establishing community colleges in Arkansas are provided. The sections of the manual are as follows: What Is a Community College? What Are Its Advantages for the Student? Community Colleges and Other Institutions of Higher Education; The Finance and Control of a Community College; Steps in the Establishment of a Community College in…

Since 1983, Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton has made education the central focus of his administration, raising teacher salaries and qualification requirements, encouraging participation in higher education, and raising taxes to fund reform despite resistance. Continuing problems include limited resources and low esteem for state colleges among the…

Excerpts from recently-released Department of Education reports outline the success of Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Virginia in recruiting black students and faculty to predominantly white state colleges and universities. (MSE)

This publication provides governmental and higher education decision-makers a statewide perspective of Arkansas public higher education finance for the 2005-07 biennium, as well as trends for the past several years. It also contains a detailed financial profile of each institution and presents a basis for comparative assessments of revenue…

Data on degrees conferred by state and private Arkansas colleges and universities are presented, along with a narrative description of trends. Total degree production increased 7.3 percent over the 1977-1978 to 1981-1982 period, rising to 11,345 degrees. While total figures for the state-supported institutions increased annually, degree production…

The Commission on Coordination of Higher Educational Finance was created by the Arkansas General Assembly in 1961 for the purpose of coordinating financial matters between public colleges and universities in Arkansas and to make recommendations concerning finances to the governor, the general assembly, and the respective institutional boards of…

Concern about the quality of public colleges and universities and the effectiveness of mechanisms for governing and financing them have led states to launch reviews of their higher education systems. The experiences of four states (Arkansas, Kentucky, Michigan, and Minnesota) are described. (MLW)

This report provides extensive statistical data on public higher education in Arkansas for the 1997-1999 biennium, as well as trends for the past several years. It also contains a detailed financial profile of each institution and presents a basis for comparative assessments of revenue sources and expenditure patterns. The report includes data on…

Data on degrees conferred in 1982-1983 by the 31 higher education institutions in Arkansas are presented, along with a narrative description of trends. The data include second-summer, fall, spring, and first-summer terms. Degree production for 1982-1983 was 3.1% higher than 1981-1982. Most of the increase resulted from increases in associate…

This document reports data on full-time equivalent (FTE) enrollment and students semester credit hour (SSCH) production in Arkansas' state higher education institutions for 1990-91 in 2 figures and 26 tables. Data on FTE enrollment show it rose for the fifth consecutive year with most of the change occurring at the undergraduate level where…

This document reports full-time equivalent (FTE) enrollment and students semester credit hour (SSCH) production in Arkansas' state higher education institutions for 1991-92 in 3 figures and 27 tables. Data on FTE enrollment show it rose 4.5 percent, the fifth consecutive year of increase. The 1991-92 FTE enrollment was the largest in 10 years…

This document offers a summary report of degrees granted at Arkansas state and independent higher education institutions for 1988-89 and highlights trends over a 5 year period. A summary section notes that total degrees conferred numbered 11,769, an increase of 326 from the previous year. The increase was caused by a rise in baccalaureate degrees…