LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Ken Warden of the Arkansas Division of Higher Education Commission and Mike Rogers, chief workforce officer, awarded nearly $26 million in training grants last week to support workforce development efforts at 14 institutions, including the University of Arkansas.
Chancellor Charles Robinson, professors Alan Mantooth and Karl Schubert, and Tara Dryer, director of the university’s workforce-development programs, were on-hand for the announcement by Gov. Sanders in Little Rock.
The grants were awarded as part of the HIRED program, which stands for “Higher Industry Readiness through Educational Development.” It uses funding that was established by the Workforce Initiative Act of 2015. In total, $88 million is available through the HIRED Grant program’s two tracks, which are separately administered through the Arkansas Department of Commerce and the Arkansas Division of Higher Education…