Dr. Karen Wheeler currently serves as the Associate Director for Academic Affairs at the Arkansas Department of Higher Education. During her more than 10 years at the Department of Higher Education, she has held positions in several areas including federal programs, academic affairs, research and planning, institutional finance, and legislative affairs.
Prior to joining the Department of Higher Education, Karen served as an academic division chair as well as vice president of both academic and student affairs.
In addition to her duties as the state Arkansas chief academic officer, she currently serves as the higher education liaison to the Department of Education; Arkansas Economic Development Commission; Department of Workforce Education; Department of Workforce Services; and the Division of Adult Education. Most recently, she has been heavily involved in the creation of the $30-million Arkansas Career Pathways Initiative (CPI) and the Arkansas Course Transfer System (ACTS) as well as policy development and implementation for the national Achieving the Dream project that seeks to promote access and success in higher education for under-represented student populations.
Dr. Karen Wheeler
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