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UA System leaders meet with National Park College faculty, students as proposed merger considered

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HOT SPRINGS -- National Park College and the University of Arkansas System took an early step Tuesday toward a potential merger of the two institutions, hosting nearly 100 faculty members, staff and students for a series of listening sessions with leaders from both schools.

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  1. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    UA System leaders meet with National Park College faculty, students as proposed merger considered (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    HOT SPRINGS -- National Park College and the University of Arkansas System took an early step Tuesday toward a potential merger of the two institutions, hosting nearly 100 faculty members, staff and students for a series of listening sessions with leaders from both schools.

  2. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    WATCH | National Park College, UA System discuss tuition, programs and local control in merger talks (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    National Park College would continue setting its own tuition rates and could gain new transfer and academic opportunities if it joins the University of Arkansas System, system officials said Tuesday, but final authority over major college decisions would shift from NPC's locally elected board.

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