College History Garden

 Lyon College in Batesville, AR is preparing to celebrate the sesquicentennial of its founding in 1872 .  Events will kick off with ScotsFe...

The University of Arkansas is celebrating the 150th anniversary of its founding. Sesquicentennial events will be held in 2021 and 2022 inclu...

John Brown University in Siloam Springs, Arkansas is celebrating the 100th anniversary of its founding as Southwestern Collegiate Institut...

The Southwest Times Record published an interesting historical sketch of what is now the University of Arkansas - Fort Smith , founded in...

The College of the Ouachitas (COTO) in Malvern, AR adopted a new name and logo in September. The institution will officially become Arkans...

The Fort Smith Times Record published a historical sketch of what is now the University of Arkansas Fort Smith on December 24, 2017, ...

Williams Baptist College of Walnut Ridge, Arkansas announced this week that it will change its name to Williams Baptist University by Ju...

Philander Smith College, an HBCU institution in Little Rock, Arkansas has been celebrating the 140th anniversary of their founding in 18...

The Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette published an interesting article on Southland College, " Little left of school in Delta ,...

KWCH-TV in Wichita, KS , KMBC-TV in Kansas City, MO and a number of other news outlets reported today on the closure of Heritage College...

Williams Baptist College in Walnut Ridge, AR is celebrating its 75th anniversary .  The institution was founded in 1941 as Southern Bapti...

President Roderick L. Smothers of Philander Smith College in Little Rock authored a guest editorial supporting the need for historically ...

National Park Community College near Hot Springs, Arkansas announced this past week that is now National Park College .  The institution w...

Kathryn Mary Wrightson's 2003 Ph.D. dissertation for the University of Georgia, Toward a History of Catholic Higher Education in the ...

This table below includes institutions that have closed, merged, or changed their names.  If you note a need for changing or updating inform...

W. T. Spence's " History of Beauvoir College " is available through JSTOR.  The article was published in The Winter 1958 iss...

The Baxter Bulletin published an article highlighting the history of Mountain Home Baptist College .  The institution opened in 1893 and...

Jimmy Bryant, University of Central Arkansas archivist, provides an interesting summary of the history of the institution after it was foun...

Cane Hill College is featured in a video segment with KFSM-TV [Ft. Smith-Fayetteville] anchor Mitch Roberts. Cane Hill School opened in 183...

The Arkanas State Board of Private Career Education provides contact information and a link for requesting transcripts of proprietary in...