Fast Facts
Students
- Spring 2008 headcount enrollment in college credit programs was 8,962, making Pulaski Tech the largest two-year college and fifth largest higher education institution in Arkansas.
- Students enrolled in degree and certificate programs average 28 years of age.
- Pulaski Technical College has an enrollment of 31 percent male and 69 percent female; 46 percent white; 50 percent African-American; 4 percent other.
- Eighty percent of Pulaski Tech students hold part- or full-time jobs while attending the college.
Faculty
- Pulaski Technical College employs 305 full-time faculty and staff and approximately 370 adjunct faculty.
Academic Programs
- Pulaski Technical College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and a member of the North Central Association, 30 North LaSalle Street, Suite 2400, Chicago, IL 60602, (800) 621-7440.
- Pulaski Tech offers more than 50 associate degree and certificate programs of study.
- Pulaski Tech maintains articulation agreements with the accredited universities in its service area.
- Pulaski Tech's continuing education and business outreach program is one of the largest of its kind among two-year colleges in the state, serving approximately 5,213 individuals in 2007.
- Last year, Pulaski Tech provided customized training programs for more than 160 area businesses and industries.
- Pulaski Tech is the largest source of transfer students to the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
Institutional Effectiveness
- Pulaski Tech has developed and launched "PTC 2005: A Strategic Plan for Serving Central Arkansas," which serves as a long-range agenda for the college and a means of communicating college goals to the community.
- The college has also initiated a comprehensive system for measuring and assessing student outcomes.
Main campus
Pulaski Technical College's main campus is located on a 40-acre wooded campus at 3000 West Scenic Drive in western North Little Rock, Arkansas. The college's contemporary, well-maintained buildings and grounds are a source of pride for the students, faculty and staff.
- The Campus Center, completed in 2006, is a 92,000 square-foot one-stop center for student services and contains classrooms, a food court, a 210-seat lecture hall, a cyber lounge, study areas, student activities and student organization offices, cashier stations, an advising center, a learning assistance center and the Education and Academic Success Division. The center also features space for college and community events and activities.
- The Administration building, constructed in 1976 and expanded in 1984, contains the Office of the President, the Technical and Industrial Programs Division and the College Advancement Division, as well as classrooms, faculty offices, a student center and a snack bar.
- The Science building, completed in 1996, contains 27,500 square feet and houses the college's Mathematics/Natural and Social Sciences Division, faculty offices and laboratories.
- The Information Technology Center, completed in 1999, contains 40,000 square feet of instructional space, computer laboratories, an open computer lab, and a multipurpose community room. It houses the Information Technology Division, as well as academic and administrative Computing Services.
- The Allied Health Education Center, completed in 2002, contains 33,000 square feet and houses Allied Health and Human Services Division programs, as well as multipurpose classrooms and offices.
- The Industrial Technology Center, built in 1984, provides laboratory and lecture rooms for the Machine Tool Technology, Welding and Diesel Mechanics programs.
- The Business building contains classrooms, offices, and several computer laboratories and is located across from the entrance to the Main Building. Constructed in 1986, it houses the Accounting, Office Supervision, Legal Secretarial, Office Technology and Paralegal Technology programs.
- The Automotive Technology Center, constructed in 1987 and expanded in 1989, features classroom space and state-of-the-art automotive repair and collision repair laboratories.
- The Ottenheimer Library, completed in 2006, contains 15,000 square feet of library collections, technology and reference material. In addition, the library houses an information literacy classroom and exhibits area.
Other locations
- Little Rock-West at 8901 Kanis Road opened in fall 2004 and offers technical and general education courses to the college community.
- The Business and Industry Center, which opened in 2000, is located on the campus of the Aerospace Education Center at 3303 East Roosevelt Road in Little Rock. The center features computer and industrial training laboratories, as well as a multi-purpose conference room and meeting space.
- Aerospace Technology Center, constructed in 1985, is located at the North Little Rock Airport and houses the Aviation Maintenance Technology programs. The hangar-style laboratory and lecture rooms encompass 11,000 square feet.
- The Saline County Adult Education Center is located on Interstate-30 in Benton and provides General Education Development (GED) preparation and testing, basic skills, English as a Second Language (ESL), and Workforce Alliance for Growth in the Economy (WAGE) and computer literacy programs for residents of Saline County and the surrounding area.
- In fall 2002, Pulaski Tech opened the Saline County Career Center on the former Alcoa Reynolds campus at Bauxite. The college offers secondary career programs for high school students at the location, as well as technical programs for the general population.
- Little Rock-South on I-30 will open in 2008. This 159,000-square-foot facility will house facilities for professional training in automotive technology, collision repair, diesel mechanics, small engine repair, motorcycle/ATV mechanics, transportation facility management training, as well as general education college courses.
- Pulaski Technical College Arkansas Culinary School at 4901 Asher Ave. in Little Rock provides an intensive, comprehensive course of study in the culinary arts. The programs are designed to prepare students for professional careers in the food service industry.