Initiatives

Initiative 1: Pipelines to Honors from Two-Year Institutions

Honors Arkansas is working on creating and maintaining pipelines from honors programs in two-year institutions to honors colleges in four-year universities and colleges. Specific topics being addressed include advising, transfer credit, logistics, and communication.

 

Initiative 2: Honors Arkansas Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)

Honors Arkansas is working collaboratively to build enrollments more reflective of our state’s diverse populations and exploring potential DEI partnerships among various institutions, both private and public.

 

Initiative 3: Research Teams

Honors Arkansas is working with the governor’s office to create research teams featuring students from multiple institutions grappling with pressing issues facing the state.

 

Initiative 4: Honors Arkansas Forum

Honors Arkansas is continuing to work on strategies for offering statewide honors seminars following the inaugural seminar, Pandemic (May 2020), Dissent/Protest (May 2021)BIOETHICS (May 2022), and Privacy (May 2023).