Role and Scope Statement

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1. Audiences
Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas (PCCUA) is responsible for serving the needs of:

  • The residents of Phillips, Arkansas, Desha, Lee and Monroe counties who are seeking:
    • Preparation for transfer to four-year institutions.
    • Career-technical education.
    • Upgrading of skills.
    • Completion of GED.
  • Employers in the area seeking employees who have basic workplace and technical skills or employers seeking to upgrade skills of current employees.
  • Economic development interests in the area.
  • Communities and civic groups within the service area.
  • Area K-12 schools seeking college general education courses for advanced students, career and technical programs, and cultural services.

2. Array of Programs and Services
PCCUA meets the needs of these audiences by providing:

  • Basic/workplace skills training.
  • General education courses necessary to prepare students for transfer to four-year institutions.
  • Occupational training in computer systems and applications, early childhood/child care, cosmetology, applied technologies, nursing and selected allied health professions, and business.
  • Business and industry training to meet the needs of current employers and economic development interests.
  • Hosts and facilitates the Adult Basic Education (ABE) program.
  • Access to graduate and undergraduate programs needed in the region by brokering the delivery of such programs from other colleges and universities.
  • Shared use of facilities (libraries, auditoria, etc.) and other types of institutional assets not available elsewhere in the region.
  • An opening for residents of the region to participate in the academic and cultural events sponsored by the college.

3. Special Features

  • Member of the Arkansas Delta Training and Education Consortium, which provides a regional approach to meeting current and future educational and business needs in the Arkansas Delta.
  • Campuses at Stuttgart and Dewitt.
  • Owns and makes available to the public the Pillow-Thompson House widely regarded as one of the finest examples of Queen Anne architecture in the South.