Ricky Tompkins, Ed.D., has been named chancellor at the University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana. The UA system board unanimously approved UA System President Jay Silveria’s recommendation. Tompkins, currently the vice president for technical education and workforce development at North Arkansas College, …
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Community colleges and technical schools are becoming a bigger part of post-secondary education, providing the specific skills training that often leads to a quicker entrance into the workforce. From evolving technology to an aging workforce, the role of these institutions …
A college degree has come to represent many things in America. In past generations, it was considered a golden ticket to a better life, a prerequisite to virtually any career you could name. More recently, the cost-benefit of a degree …
The Arkansas Department of Workforce Services announced today, Oct. 6, that it has awarded Arkansas Community Colleges more than $4 million as part of its Arkansas Sector Partnership initiative. The funds will be used to support the development, or expansion, …
March/April 2015 Issue Manufacturing jobs pay well but aren’t sexy. The state is trying to improve training and PR. Photography by Sara Blancett Reeves Top Photo: Workers are fabricating all manner of decks, beams, girders, and flanges for a bridge …