Arkansas State University-Beebe
 |
|
|
Other name
|
Junior Agriculture College of Central Arkansas |
|---|---|
|
Former names
|
Arkansas State College-Beebe Branch |
| Type | Public two-year college system |
| Established | 1927 |
|
Parent institution
|
Arkansas State University System |
| Chancellor | Dr. Karla Fisher |
| President | Dr. Charles Welch |
| Location | Beebe, Arkansas, USA |
| Campus | Multiple campuses |
| Language | English |
| Mascot | Vanguard |
| Website | www |
Arkansas State University-Beebe is a public two-year college system located in central Arkansas, with its flagship campus in Beebe, Arkansas. The ASU-Beebe system is a subset of the Arkansas State University System.
ASU-Beebe was established in 1927 as the Junior Agricultural School of Central Arkansas. Since that time, it has been in continuous operation under four other names — from 1931 to 1954 as Junior Agriculture College of Central Arkansas, Arkansas State College-Beebe Branch from 1955 to 1967, Arkansas State University-Beebe Branch from 1967 to 2001, and has since been known as Arkansas State University-Beebe.
The institution operates under the policies of the Board of Trustees and the President of the Arkansas State University System, but ASU-Beebe is independently accredited and functionally separate under the leadership of a Chancellor.
Act 496, enacted by the General Assembly in 1985, established Arkansas State Technical Institute at Arkansas State University-Beebe to provide educational programs which combine academic skills and vocational training in highly technical employment areas.
In 1991, the state legislature merged White River Vocational-Technical School in Newport with ASU-Beebe. The Newport campus became ASU-Newport, and was the first campus outside of Beebe for ASU-Beebe. As of 2000, ASU-Newport was approved as a stand-alone campus, and now reports directly to the ASU System, its Board of Trustees and President.
In the late 1990s, local community leaders in Heber Springs expressed interest in gaining a college campus. After a time of analysis and study, ASU-Beebe Heber Springs Campus was established in 1999.
In 2003, Foothills Technical Institute in Searcy merged with ASU-Beebe to become ASU-Beebe Searcy Campus.
The college also operates a degree center at Little Rock Air Force Base in Jacksonville.
In 2016 ASU-Beebe saw the introduction of a new mascot, the Vanguard, and the retirement of long-time Chancellor Dr. Eugene McKay. Chancellor Dr. Karla Fisher took office in January 2016.
ASU-Beebe has established itself as a center of academic excellence, continually having one of the highest retention and graduation rates among Arkansas two-year colleges.The institution offers Associate of Arts in Liberal Arts degrees with the option of choosing coursework from the fine arts, the sciences, the social sciences, education, health sciences, mathematics, foreign languages, English, and history. In addition, ASU-Beebe has the only Associate of Fine Arts degree programs in Music and Theater available at any two-year college in the state. To ensure students have the personal attention needed to succeed, ASU-Beebe offers small class sizes, great access to faculty, and full-time tutoring for students.
...
Wikipedia