Kelly Eichler, former Sanders staffer and current chair of the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees, is an owner of Good Day Farm Arkansas.
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UA System President Donald Bobbit to retire by January
Bobbitt’s retirement follows repeated controversy during the past two years.
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Update: UA System’s Bobbitt gets contract extension
After a 2-1/2 hour closed session, UA System trustees voted today to extend the contract of President Donald Bobbitt for another two years.
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UPDATE: UA System board says no to resolution supporting University of Phoenix purchase
The University of Arkansas System’s board of trustees today rejected a resolution supporting President Donald Bobbitt’s proposal for a nonprofit affiliate to buy the University of Phoenix, one of the nation’s largest nonprofit online colleges.
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UA System trustee Kelly Eichler’s husband works for Stephens Inc. It stands to make millions from a Phoenix buyout.
University of Arkansas System trustee Kelly Eichler was among the trustees who suggested Wednesday that she supports an affiliate’s acquisition of the University of Phoenix, one of the nation’s largest for-profit and online colleges.
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UPDATE: UA System to take Phoenix plan to a divided board for a vote Monday
University of Arkansas System board members today welcomed their first public briefing on President Donald Bobbitt’s 2-year-old plan for a nonprofit affiliate to buy the for-profit University of Phoenix with both frustration and praise.
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Veterans’ group warns against a Phoenix deal; UA System president defends moving forward
A national coalition of veterans, students and faculty, civil-rights advocates and others has urged the University of Arkansas System of the reputational and financial risks should a private affiliate of the school buy the University of Phoenix.
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Governor Sanders’ top staffers in line for fat raises already
The lucky staffers getting these raises have been on the job for only a couple of weeks, but the team has already defeated communist TikTok, critical race theory and COVID-19, so it’s arguably well-deserved.
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UA trustee Eichler objects to diversity effort at UA-Fayetteville
Thanks to Emily Walkenhorst, new to the higher education beat at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, for coverage of a University of Arkansas Board of Trustees meeting Thursday at which trustee Kelly Eichler of Little Rock went off on a diversity program.
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Another departure from Gov. Hutchinson’s staff
Another member of Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s senior staff is heading for the exit. Kelly Eichler, senior advisor for criminal justice (and a Hutchinson appointee to the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees) has given notice she’ll be leaving in a couple of weeks.