National Park College

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National Park College
National Park College institutional square logo.png
Former names
Garland County Community College, Quapaw Technical Institute
MottoFind Your Path
Type Public community college
Established2003
President John Hogan [1]
Academic staff
98
Students2,768
Location
Hot Springs
,
Arkansas
,
United States

34°30′45″N93°07′08″W / 34.51259°N 93.11875°W / 34.51259; -93.11875
Campussuburban
Website www.np.edu

National Park College (NPC) is a public community college in Hot Springs, Arkansas. It was founded in 2003 as a result of a merger between Garland County Community College and Quapaw Technical Institute. [2] It is now one of the state's largest community colleges, enrolling 3,000 students annually in credit programs and an additional 3,800 students in non-credit programs. Tuition at NPC is less than half of Arkansas' universities. [3] The name of the college is derived from its location adjacent to Hot Springs National Park.

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History

National Park College was founded in 2003 as a result of a merger between Garland County Community College and Quapaw Technical Institute, which had been established in 1973 and 1969, respectively. [2] In 2006, as part of its initial capital campaign, the college received a donation of 1.5 million dollars from Frederick M. Dierks of Hot Springs, who had been associated with a business and owned timberland and produced pulp and paper, and that was sold to Weyerhaeuser in 1969. [4] [5] This was the largest cash donation in the history of Arkansas community colleges. [4] These funds were purposed for a new nursing and health sciences facility. By December 2007, the college had raised an additional $900,000 for the campaign and initiated a joint program in early-childhood and middle-school teaching with Henderson State University. [6]

Aerial view of the campus NPCC-AR-map.jpg
Aerial view of the campus

After Hurricane Katrina in 2005, NPC assisted students displaced from their home colleges by either enrolling in its college programs or finding colleges for them to enroll in. [7]

In 1994, when it was known as Garland County Community College, the college was censured by the American Association of University Professors for failure to abide by the 1940 Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure and 1958 Statement on Procedural Standards in Faculty Dismissal Proceedings. [8] As of October 2023 the censure remains in place. [9]

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  2. 1 2 "History of NPC". www.np.edu. NPC. 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-27.
  3. ↑ Michael, Wickline (13 January 2018). "Home / News / Arkansas / Arkansas Tech also cages tuition". Arkansas Online. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Dierks Gives $1.5 Million to National Park Community College". Arkansas Business Publishing Group . December 6, 2006. Retrieved November 27, 2008.(subscription required)
  5. ↑ Fred and Louise Dierks' $1.5 Million Gift Allows Integration of Research Laboratories Into New Psychiatry Center Archived 2008-04-12 at the Wayback Machine , University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences press release, July 28, 2004
  6. ↑ Dasté, Holly (2007-12-05). "National Park enrollment rising 20% next semester". Hot Springs Village Voice. Archived from the original on 2008-10-11. Retrieved 2008-11-27.
  7. ↑ Moritz, Robert (2005-09-07). "Arkansas colleges seeing enrollment rise in wake of hurricane". Arkansas News Bureau. Archived from the original on February 11, 2007. Retrieved 2008-11-27.
  8. ↑ Committee A (1996). "Academic Freedom and Tenure: Garland County Community College (Arkansas)" (PDF). Academe. Retrieved 2008-11-27.
  9. ↑ "Censured Administrations". American Association of University Professors. 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-08.
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