Arkansas Trucking Academy Begins at 4 College Sites

by Sarah Campbell-Miller

The Arkansas Trucking Academy — the state’s first public program of its kind — will see its first students today.

The academy is offered by a consortium of four community colleges and supported by a $720,000 two-year grant at a time when a driver shortage is being keenly felt throughout the state and nationwide.

The consortium comprises Arkansas State University Three Rivers in Malvern, University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana in Hope, UA Cossatot’s Nashville campus and UA Rich Mountain in Mena. They are hoping to train 80 truck drivers per year, 20 at each location, through four- to five-week classes, according to ASU Three Rivers Chancellor Steve Rook.

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A first-of-its-kind Arkansas Trucking Academy seeks to ease a driver shortage.