UALR provides an on-site coordinator and a secretary in Benton. In fall 1999, UALR offered 44 classes at the Benton Center with a headcount of 456. Currently, UALR is offering three core courses at the off-campus site. Qualified Hall High School students can earn up to 15 or more hours of college credit. Since these courses are general education courses for first-time entering students, with an acceptable grade the courses are transferable to any public university in Arkansas.
Students earn college credit as well as high school credit that counts toward graduation.
Over 50 students enrolled during the 1999 fall semester in one or more of the UALR courses. Eighteen courses were offered in spring 1999, with an enrollment of 325 students. The University TV Channel is a cable television access facility operated by the Radio, Television, and Film Department. Programming reaches approximately 84,000 homes in central Arkansas via channel 29 of the Comcast Cablevision system. AETN broadcasts to viewers statewide.