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The University of Arkansas (U of A, UArk, or UA) is a public land-grant research university in Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States. [4] It is the flagship [5] campus of the University of Arkansas System. Founded as Arkansas Industrial University in 1871, classes were first held in 1872, with its present name adopted in 1899.
The original and flagship campus was established in Fayetteville as Arkansas Industrial University in 1871 under the 1862 Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act.The system now includes both of the state's land-grant colleges, as University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) was later designated as such under the 1890 Morrill Act; it left the system in 1927, but returned in 1972.
During World War II, Arkansas A&M College was one of 131 colleges and universities nationally that took part in the V-12 Navy College Training Program, which offered students a path to a Navy commission. [4] Arkansas A&M became part of the University of Arkansas System on July 1, 1971. It then became designated as the University of Arkansas at ...
The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff was authorized in 1873 by the Reconstruction-era legislature as the Branch Normal College and opened in 1875 with Joseph Carter Corbin principal. A historically black college, it was nominally part of the "normal" (education) department of Arkansas Industrial University, later the University of Arkansas.
Arkansas Union. The Arkansas Union (sometimes referred to simply as the union) is at the center of campus and student life. It contains a large computer lab with over 70 computers, a coffee shop (Hill Coffee Co.), the campus multicultural center, movie theater, auditorium, ballroom, food court, bus station, post office, offices for student government and student organizations, a satellite ...
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UA Little Rock, UALR) is a public research university in Little Rock, Arkansas.Established as Little Rock Junior College by the Little Rock School District in 1927, the institution became a private four-year university under the name Little Rock University in 1957.
Recognized by the AHECB to offer degrees in collaboration with UA System institutions. University of Arkansas at Little Rock: Little Rock: Public Research university: 8,197: 1927 HLC: University of Arkansas at Monticello: Monticello: Public Master's university: 2,719: 1909 HLC: University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff: Pine Bluff: Public ...
University of Arkansas – Pulaski Technical College (or UA–PTC) is a public technical college in North Little Rock, Arkansas. It is part of the University of Arkansas System and mainly serves the Central Arkansas region, along with Little Rock to the south. The college maintains satellite campuses throughout Pulaski and Saline Counties.