2 Arkansas community colleges merge

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(AP) – A technical institute in eastern Arkansas has merged
with a neighboring community college.The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports the Arkansas Higher Education
Coordinating Board voted Monday in favor of merging Crowley’s Ridge Technical
Institute and East Arkansas Community College.

The Forrest City schools have operated independently alongside each other for
decades.

Higher Education Department Deputy Director Tara Smith says students and
employees will see few changes, at least for the first year.

The technical institute resisted attempts to bring the two colleges together
since 1991. But in a special meeting last week, the institute’s board of
trustees voted 3-2 in favor of joining the schools.

The merger abolished the Crowley’s Ridge board of trustees and East Arkansas
Community College has assumed the institute’s powers and duties.

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