{"id":188041,"date":"2026-02-16T18:11:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T23:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/16\/ua-little-rock-planning-to-launch-ai-bachelors-degree-this-fall\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T18:55:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T23:55:11","slug":"ua-little-rock-planning-to-launch-ai-bachelors-degree-this-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/16\/ua-little-rock-planning-to-launch-ai-bachelors-degree-this-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"UA Little Rock planning to launch AI bachelor&#8217;s degree this fall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/katv.com\/news\/local\/ua-little-rock-planning-to-launch-ai-bachelors-degree-this-fall-professor-phillip-huff-computer-science-core-center-university-of-arkansas-artificial-intelligence-model-certificate-technology-2026-board-of-trustees-chatgpt-deepseek-china-ai-race\">UA Little Rock planning to launch AI bachelor&#8217;s degree this fall<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/katv.com\/news\/local\/ua-little-rock-planning-to-launch-ai-bachelors-degree-this-fall-professor-phillip-huff-computer-science-core-center-university-of-arkansas-artificial-intelligence-model-certificate-technology-2026-board-of-trustees-chatgpt-deepseek-china-ai-race\">https:\/\/katv.com\/news\/local\/ua-little-rock-planning-to-launch-ai-bachelors-degree-this-fall-professor-phillip-huff-computer-science-core-center-university-of-arkansas-artificial-intelligence-model-certificate-technology-2026-board-of-trustees-chatgpt-deepseek-china-ai-race<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-02-16 18:11:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"katv.com\">katv.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR) plans to introduce a new bachelor&#8217;s degree in artificial intelligence (AI) this fall.<\/li>\n<li>The program aims to meet the growing demand for AI knowledge in the job market 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