University of Arkansas Community College at Hope (UACCH) is a two-year community college located in Hope, Arkansas. It is affiliated as a division of the University of Arkansas System as a result a merger by act of the Arkansas Legislature in 1995 and is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. UACCH is an open-access institution that enrolls 1,298 students at its 72-acre (29 ha) campus.
UACCH was founded in 1965 as Red River Vocational-Technical School and the ground breaking ceremony for the campus was held in February 1966 by Governor Orval Faubus and state senator Olen Hendrix. In 1991 it was renamed Red River Technical College and placed under the Arkansas Department of Higher Education. This was done as part of a wider movement to transform Arkansas' technical schools into community colleges. In 1996, the college was renamed to its present name and placed as a division of the University of Arkansas System. As of 2008, the college offers over a dozen degree programs, primarily in occupational degree programs.
In 2008, the college received the largest donation in the history of the institution in the form of a one million dollar gift from the AEP Southwestern Electric Power Company to fund technical and industrial programs. Also, in 2008, the college received a grant from Wal-Mart to support its Kids' College program.
The college is noted as one of a dozen Arkansas institutions who opted out of a state program, that would have permitted high school students to earn college credits, due to concerns over grade inflation pressures from the cooperative which ran the program.
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