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If selected as the new chancellor at the University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical College, "I promise I will not stop learning, Ill ask a lot of questions -- Ill always ask, Why -- and if I tell you, No, Ill tell you why," vowed Summer DeProw, one of three finalists for the chancellor position.

Back in 2018, Ballet Arkansas sank its teeth, so to speak, into a collaboration with Main Street neighbor Cranford Co. to create a multimedia-infused production of "Dracula."

Ted A. Lewis, a finalist for chancellor at the University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical College, said at a public forum Tuesday one of the most critical qualities for a leader is the ability to listen and entertain new notions.

Wade Derden, one of three finalists for the University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical College chancellor position, came into his own as an educator while teaching at the school from 2001-2011 because he encountered students he never had before.

Pulaski Tech sets forums for finalists

The University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical College chancellor search has narrowed to three finalists: an internal candidate, a vice president for academic affairs at another Arkansas public community college, and a provost from a university in West Virginia.

Veterans Upward Bound provides a path to degrees even for people years removed from being a traditional college student.

The debate over the purpose -- and success -- of incarceration rages on today. But in at least one case -- that of J.R. "Johnny" Cash -- prison was a redemptive experience, even if it was just for two musical performances in January 1968. And now, thanks to a traveling photographic exhibit open through Aug. 11 at The Center for Humanities and Arts at University of Arkansas Pulaski Tech in North Little Rock, music fans can revisit the events that reshaped the Man in Black and rewrote mu...

Folk-rock singer Ani DiFranco returns to the University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical College, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 29 in the Center for Humanities and Arts Theater, on Pulaski Techs main campus in North Little Rock, to kick off the colleges 2022-23 CHARTS Live performing arts series.

Sociologists have debated for decades the rehabilitative value prisons have on the inmate. Older schools of thought hold that prison is by definition a punitive institution, meant to punish and therefore discourage aberrant behavior in the future. More recently, efforts have been made to reshape inmates while inside, offering them opportunities to recast themselves to live productive lives upon release.