“The professional school which sets its course by the current practice of the profession is, in an important sense, a failure.”
Edward Levi (Attorney General of the United States, President of the University of Chicago, President of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences)
The mission of the Donaghey College of Engineering and Information Technology (EIT) is to educate the next generation of technical professionals in the skills and knowledge base necessary to create and manage the technology based enterprises that will provide future economic growth and an improved standard of living for the State of Arkansas and its citizens. Our expectation is for every Arkansas child to have the opportunity to participate in the new knowledge-based digital economy of the 21st Century. This mission includes technological education at all levels, from high school through advanced graduate degrees, as well as contributions through scholarly research and community involvement. In meeting this mission, the College offers professional undergraduate BS degrees in Computer Science, Construction Management, Engineering Technology, Applied Science, and Information Science. In addition, it offers a BS degree in Systems Engineering with options in Mechanical, Electrical, Computer and Telecommunications Engineering. It also offers the only interdisciplinary doctoral degree in the State, the PhD in Applied Science with options in six disciplines including Applied Computing and Engineering Science and Systems. The College also participates in the MS-PhD. program in Bioinformatics offered jointly with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Additional graduate programs in the College include MS degrees in Applied Science, Computer Science and Information Quality. It also offers a graduate certificate program in Systems Engineering. Extensive outreach to the general undergraduate population is through our Computer Literacy classes and the acclaimed Information Technology (IT) Minor, designed to provide the non-technology majors with the IT tools necessary to command leadership positions in today’s IT-enabled enterprises. Outreach to the community includes the IT certificate program for in-service learning, the web-based pre-calculus course for high school seniors, and extensive partnering with high schools across the State for in-school activities and summer programs. Specific emphasis is on partnerships with the local and regional industries ranging from direct company input into our programs to in-service courses to directed research projects.
The Donaghey College of Engineering and Information Technology (EIT) is committed to providing the digital and technical work force for Arkansas’ future and to developing a quality faculty that can contribute both to our overall educational needs and to the intellectual base of the State. To accomplish these goals, the College will work with all interested potential students to provide the necessary intellectual basis for them to be successful and will provide (to the best of our ability) its faculty with facilities and resources to make major contributions to our State and to the new knowledge base of this new Century. We will work closely with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and other educational institutions in the State, and we will enhance our resources through the acquisition of external funds from Federal agencies, private foundations, and other private enterprises.
Thus, our vision is to be the College of choice for students from our region who are interested in a technology-based education at any level; to have a faculty that is admired and respected regionally, nationally, and internationally; and to be the institution that our knowledge-based industries turn to for new employees and intellectual support for their growth strategies.
