Ballot Issue Education
Helping Arkansans understand proposed state or local laws.
Arkansas Public Policy Center
The Public Policy Center exists to provide Arkansans with research-based information and education about public issues. Public issues are defined as pressing and emerging issues that involve multiple points of view and have widespread consequences.
Our goals are to:
- Increase citizen knowledge, awareness and understanding of public issues
- Enhance public participation in decisions regarding public issues
- Help citizens craft, evaluate and implement alternative solutions to public issues
Policy Areas
Broadband
Access to fast and reliable internet service is important to the economic and social wellbeing of Arkansans.
Stormwater Education
When it rains, snows or sleets in Arkansas, where does that water go?
Water Quality
Arkansas is a water rich state but has its share of polluted waterways. We offer further understanding of federal and state water policy.
Upcoming Events and News
Faculty and Staff
The Public Policy Center was established in 2004 by the University of Arkansas System
Division of Agriculture to provide research-based, non-partisan analyses and evaluation
of public policy issues. The Center's goal isn't to tell citizens what to think, but
rather to increase their knowledge and awareness of public issues and participation
in decisions regarding those issues.
Director of the Public Policy Center
Areas: Entrepreneurship, public policy, agritourism, electronic commerce, rural development.
Program Associate
Areas: Public referendum, local government finance, media relations, environmental and natural resource policy and programs.
Affiliated Staff at the UA System Division of Agriculture, Cooperative Extension Service
Associates
Director of the National Agriculture Law Center