Arkansas Northeastern College

Patricia Quinn Robertson Johnston does not want to hear it. A professor of business law at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro who also serves as executive director of the university’s Center for Leadership Excellence, Johnston has had to listen plenty …

About a year ago, the Arkansas Research and Education Optical Network achieved an important technical milestone: 400-gigabit network capacity. In practical terms, that means our member institutions can transmit up to 400 gigabits of data per second across Arkansas’ research …

Arkansas Northeastern College in Blytheville has joined the Arkansas Research and Education Optical Network, the state’s research and education network. The addition of ANC means that for the first time, every public higher education institution in Arkansas is a part …

As consumers continue to ponder the return on investment of a traditional four-year college education, Arkansas two-year colleges have heard the cry of high school graduates ready to hit the workforce right away. While Arkansas is seeing its manufacturing base …

The closure of the Eaker Air Force Base in Blytheville in 1992 was just one of numerous hits the Mississippi County economy took during the 1990s. In addition to the roughly 9,000 jobs at the base, the county lost a …

Arkansas Northeastern College hosted the consul-general of Japan in Nashville, Shinji Watanabe, for the U.S.–Japan Steel Partnership Dinner on Feb. 5. In addition to Watanabe, the dinner at ANC’s Lawrence Family Campus included local, state and international leaders, including representatives …

Billions of dollars are flowing into northeast Arkansas — in steel, precision agriculture, health care, manufacturing, and the infrastructure that makes sustained growth achievable: power, roads and housing. Those investments are reshaping the region’s economy, accelerating workforce demand, and opening …

Update: The North Little Rock Public Library System recently announced that the Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub’s lease will not be renewed in 2026.  ___________________ With rising populations spurring new development across Arkansas and established infrastructure that requires upkeep, the future of …

Thirty-nine members of Lexicon’s workforce were honored with industrial certifications Thursday as part of the construction and steel company’s ongoing “Lexicon University” initiative. “If someone has a job, especially a skilled job, they can have a career,” Little Rock Mayor …

Photos provided by ANC In the grand scheme of things, 50 years is not a long time in college years, especially of the four-year variety. All but one of the state’s institutions of higher learning are considerably older than five …