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Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced on Monday that she will name an associate vice chancellor at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith campus to be the commissioner of the state Division of Higher Education.

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced on Monday that she’d selected Ken Warden to serve as the Arkansas Division of Higher Education Commissioner.

Warden is the associate vice chancellor for compliance and legislative affairs at the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith.

Graycen Bigger of Pocahontas has become chairperson of the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board.

Members of the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board met in executive session Tuesday to discuss possible candidates to be interim director of the Arkansas Division of Higher Education, but declined to recommend anyone.

Maria Markham, director of the Arkansas Division of Higher Education for 6½ years, learned suddenly her tenure was over Tuesday afternoon.

The director of the Arkansas Division of Higher Education said Wednesday that a Tuesday afternoon phone call ended her nearly seven-year tenure.

A joint committee of state senators and representatives approved a bill last week to create a needs-based scholarship program.

A joint committee of state senators and representatives approved a bill last week to create a needs-based scholarship program.

Cut in jobless aid goes to governor