UCA was selected to become one of four universities from Arkansas to participate in a national project Complete College America. The grant awarded $1 million to Arkansas, which will be shared among four universities and seven community colleges across the state. The project, which originated through the Arkansas Department of Higher Education, proposes to transform remedial education at universities and colleges.
The grant will focus on more efficient options for providing remediation in literacy and mathematics for students allowed to enter the university having ACT scores below the required 19. The premise of the grant is that campuses – both two year and four year – across the state will seek to develop options for the required remediation while enrolled in credit-bearing courses.
Dean Steve Runge, Dr. Ramesh Garimella, Dr. Charles Watson, and Dr. Uma Garimella represent the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics on this project. Dr. Julia Winden Fey and Ms. Lisa Christman represent mathematics faculty from the University College. Funding for the CCA grant for UCA is expected to be between $75,000 and $100,000 over an 18-month period.