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Morgan Hogue Hired By UA College Of Engineering

Arkansas News

Morgan Hogue of Fayetteville is the new assistant director of development for the College of Engineering at the University of Arkansas. Hogue comes to the university from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock where she worked a... »

Fayetteville schools win fight against TIF tax grab

Arkansas Times Arkansas Blog

The Fayetteville School District has won a lawsuit challenging the city of Fayetteville's effort to capture some of the money from a voter-approved tax increase to build a new high school and give it to the misbegotten downtown tax increment finance (T... »

UA Board approves system-wide tuition hikes

Arkansas Times Arkansas Blog

University of Arkansas-Fayetteville students will pay 5.3 percent more this fall in tuition and fees, after the UA board of trustees voted unanimously today to raise tuition at UA institutions system-wide anywhere from 2 to 5 percent. According to UA S... »

Court rules sex contact law unconstitutional

Arkansas Times Arkansas Blog

In a 4-3 decision, the State Supreme Court dismissed the sexual assault convictions of former Elkins teacher David Paschal, 38, and said a state law that criminalizes sexual contact between teachers and students who are over 18 years old is unconstitut... »

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Trustees debate tuition hikes at University of Arkansas branches

Arkansas Times Arkansas Blog

Thursday and Friday of this week, the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees plans to meet to discuss possible tuition hikes at all campuses, to cover technology needs, rising utility costs and faculty raises. The Board will decide whether to approve... »

Arkansas near bottom on college graduation rates

Arkansas Times Arkansas Blog

GRADUATION-RATE LEADER: UA-Fayetteville.The Chronicle of Higher Education has published comprehensive figures on college graduation rates, by state and institution, public and private. For Arkansas, the 2010 figure was a 19.7 percent four-year graduati... »

57 Scholarships Funded For Natural Gas Jobs

Arkansas News Political Buzz

Members of the Fayetteville Shale Scholarship Fund announced a $130,000 donation to the University of Arkansas Community College at Morrilton. The donation will fund 57 scholarships to students currently enrolled in the college’s petroleum technology p... »

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Report: No Learning Loss

NWA Online - News

A short-term analysis shows no significant learning loss among students because of the transition from elementary school to middle school or middle school to junior high school, the Fayetteville School Board was told Thursday. »

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