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Currently or Previously Affiliated Institutions - 09/02/2010

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Name State Status
(Name links to information from the institution's statement of affiliation status and organization profile)
Arkansas Baptist CollegeARAccredited
Arkansas Northeastern College* ARAccredited
*Name change: Mississippi County Community College to Arkansas Northeastern College (7/1/03)
Arkansas State University* ARAccredited
*Name change: Arkansas State College to Arkansas State University (1967)
Arkansas State University Mountain HomeARAccredited
Arkansas State University-Beebe* ARAccredited
*Name change: NAME CHANGE: Arkansas State University-Beebe Branch to Arkansas State University-Beebe (2/6/01)
Arkansas State University-NewportARAccredited
Arkansas Tech University* ARAccredited
*Name change: Arkansas Polytechnic College to Arkansas Tech University (1976)
Black River Technical CollegeARAccredited
Capital City Junior College of Business**ARInactive
**The College closed on March 16, 1994. Student records are available at: Board of Private Career Education, State of Arkansas, 612 Summit, Suite 102, Little Rock, AR 72201, (501) 682-2565
Central Baptist CollegeARAccredited
Central College**ARInactive
**Closed 3/1/48.
Cossatot Community College of the University of Arkansas* ARAccredited
*Name change: Cossatot Technical College to Cossatot Community College of the University of Arkansas (7/1/01)
Crowley's Ridge CollegeARAccredited
East Arkansas Community CollegeARAccredited
Galloway Women's College**ARInactive
**Closed 1/1/33.
Harding University* ARAccredited
*Name change: Harding College to Harding University (1979)
Henderson State University* ARAccredited
*Name change: Henderson State Teachers College to Henderson State College to Henderson State University
Hendrix College* ARAccredited
*Name change: Prior to 1929 institution was known as Hendrix College; In 1930, after a merger with Henderson-Brown College, the name was changed to Hendrix-Henderson. In 1930 Hendrix-Henderson College merged with Galloway College at Searcy, AR. Hendrix-Hendrson was changed to Hendrix,and each institution retained its own name. The system was known as Trinity System of Colleges. In 1931, the name was changed back to Hendrix.
John Brown UniversityARAccredited
Lyon College* ARAccredited
*Name change: Arkansas College to Lyon College (7/1/94)
Mid-South Community CollegeARAccredited
National Park Community College* ARAccredited
*Name change: Garland County Community to National Park Community College (7/1/03)
North Arkansas College* ARAccredited
*Name change: North Arkansas Community College to North Arkansas Community/ Technical College (1/29/93) to North Arkansas College (7/1/97)
NorthWest Arkansas Community CollegeARAccredited
Ouachita Baptist University* ARAccredited
*Name change: Ouachita Baptist College to Ouachita Baptist University
Ouachita Technical CollegeARAccredited
Ozarka College* ARAccredited
*Name change: Ozarka Technical College to Ozarka College (July 1, 1999)
Philander Smith CollegeARAccredited
Phillips Community College of The University of Arkansas* ARAccredited
*Name change: Phillips County Community College to Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas (1996)
Pulaski Technical CollegeARAccredited
Rich Mountain Community CollegeARAccredited
Shorter College**ARInactive
**Accreditation withdrawn May 16, 1998. Accreditation status (accredited on probation) extended to Dec. 31, 1998 to allow students to complete a teach-out program and receive a Shorter College degree.
South Arkansas Community College* ARAccredited
*Name change: Southern State College-El Dorado Branch to Southern Arkansas University-El Dorado Branch to South Arkansas Community College (7/1/92)
Southeast Arkansas College* ARAccredited
*Name change: Pines Technical College to Southeast Arkansas Technical College (7/1/96) to Southeast Arkansas College (7/8/98).
Southern Arkansas University* ARAccredited
*Name change: Arkansas State Agricultural and Mechanical College to Southern State College to Southern Arkansas University (1976)
Southern Arkansas University Tech* ARAccredited
*Name change: Southern Arkansas University-Southwest Technical Institute to Southern Arkansas University Technical Branch (1978)
University of Arkansas at Little Rock* ARAccredited
*Name change: Little Rock Junior College to Little Rock University (1957); Accreditation transferred to University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 1970; accredited as a separate entity n 1971.
University of Arkansas at Monticello* ARAccredited
*Name change: Accreditation transferred from Arkansas Agricultural and Mechanical College to University of Arkansas at Monticello in 1971.
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff* ARAccredited
*Name change: Accreditation transferred from Agricultural, Mechanical and Normal College to University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff in 1972.
University of Arkansas Community College at Batesville* ARAccredited
*Name change: Gateway Technical College to University of Arkansas Community College at Batesville (4/1/98)
University of Arkansas Community College at Hope* ARAccredited
*Name change: Red River Technical College to University of Arkansas Community College at Hope (7/1/96)
University of Arkansas Community College at Morrilton* ARAccredited
*Name change: Petit Jean Technical College to Petit Jean College (7/1/97) to University of Arkansas Community College at Morrilton (7/1/01)
University of Arkansas for Medical SciencesARAccredited
University of Arkansas, FayettevilleARAccredited
University of Arkansas-Fort Smith* ARAccredited
*Name change: Westark Community College to Westark College (3/16/98) to University of Arkansas-Fort Smith (1/1/02)
University of Central Arkansas* ARAccredited
*Name change: Arkansas State Teachers College to State College of Arkansas (1967) to University of Central Arkansas (1975)
University of the Ozarks* ARAccredited
*Name change: College of the Ozarks to University of the Ozarks (5/2/87)
Williams Baptist College* ARAccredited
*Name change: Southern Baptist College to Williams Baptist College (8/15/90)