In March 2020, then-Chancellor Joseph Steinmetz announced the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville s intention to pay living wages to each of its employees. "Longstanding issues," he said, had prevented it before, but he was committed to resolving them so that the wages for more than 540 grounds, housekeeping, maintenance, and clerical workers could be raised to $30,000 per year.
The University of Arkansas at Fayetteville ranks low nationally in R&D expenditures, but they are optimistic about improving their ranking going forward.