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UTB-CBIRD Report: “At The Crossroads” Education & Training 79 Numeric Goals Participation goals should factor in the acute attrition rates in South Texas that diminishes the available pool of students that is able or willing to enroll in a postsecondary institution. The Texas Coordinating Board and the Texas Education Agency should fund a joint research effort to determine the root causes of both public school and post-secondary attrition. There must be realistic definition to guide integrated and collaborative efforts by both public schools and postsecondary institutions to increase the number of graduates that enroll and succeed in a college or university. The “Closing the Gaps” numeric goals should be revised to include the numbers of non-traditional students that receive training and educational development at regional community colleges and the Texas State Technical Colleges. This will increase their ability to become fully employable members of the community and part of the region’s economic mainstream. Family/Business Involvement PTO’s (Parent Teachers Organizations) in public schools should be given a significant role in the recruitment strategy for “Closing the Gaps.” Every effort should be made to have these organizations work with regional institutions and to have them meet on-campus as part of outreach initiatives. Family and business communities are essential elements in the success for “Closing the Gaps” and strategies to involve them need to be at the core of any outreach planning. Funding Goals High school seniors need to fill out financial aid applications during the fall semester of their senior year as part of their individual development plan with the high school counseling office. This process would provide these students with options if they decide to pursue a post-secondary course of study. All institutions should make the processes for registration and applying for financial aid less bureaucratic and more customer [student] friendly. The Texas Second Step Grant Program should be carefully reviewed and implemented as a core of the recruitment and financial aid strategy. Consideration should be given to waiving all tuition and fees for entering community college students since the majority of proposed “Closing the Gaps” ethnic enrollments are heavily clustered at this level. This action would result in both higher participation and retention rates for the targeted populations. Capacity Building The Recommended High School Program should implement a stronger emphasis on reading. This initiative should be anchored in the P-K to Middle School tiers prior to high school entry. For a majority of students, reading shortfalls in public schools is a major impediment to success in the freshman year of the collegiate experience. Texas should develop and fund regional capacity building collaborative sites at selected colleges and universities to provide continuous capacity building training for faculty and staff, figure 4.26. One Region -- One Future Through a federally funded program, GEAR UP, I meet monthly with the five superintendents from our service area to discuss everything from their need for AP teachers to the number of students that are taking and passing 8 th grade algebra. We believe these efforts will assist in greatly improving the preparedness and number in the pool of students that are reaching our door. Juliet V. Garcia, Ph.D. President, UTB/TSC to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Education February 19, 2003
UTB-CBIRD Report: “At The Crossroads” Education & Training 80 Figure 4.26. Closing the Gaps: Gap Institutions Model 2000 Baseline Gap Institutions •Facilities •Programs •Technology Gap Institutions REGIONAL GAPS •Media •Faculty •Library Gap Institutions •Support Services •Regional Educational •Outcomes 2015 Baseline Source: THECB GOAL 2: Close The Gaps In Success Funding Goals There are important needs to: ⇒ Expand collaborations and cross-pollination efforts among federally funded student support services in South Texas such as TRIO, GearUp, Title V. ⇒ Develop a state set aside fund to support the post-federal funding transition of programs such as TRIO, GearUp, and Title V so that they may become an ongoing component of higher education institutions. ⇒ Provide funding to encourage and support the extra-curricular participation of college and university faculty and staff in Pre-K to 16 outreach initiatives in public schools. ⇒ Provide supplemental funding to those regions that carry the majority of the effort to increase the number of under-represented populations. Demographic data indicate that South Texas post-secondary institutions will be responsible for meeting at least 70% of the projected enrollment of Hispanic students to meet the “Closing the Gaps” goals. The same holds true for those urban institutions that will attend to the targeted goals for African-American students. Regional post-secondary institutions that are developing new instructional and training programs should receive capacity building funding that overlaps the current biennium funding cycle. Capacity Building There should be a “College Success Orientation Course” available for all entering freshmen in Texas to help socialize them to the higher education experience. Many students drop out because they fail to access the many support and academic resources that can make a difference in their academic development. This course should be on the common course manual and approved for funding by the Texas Coordinating Board. An incentive program should be considered that would reward regional community colleges and senior level institutions with supplemental funds for attaining targeted outcomes in transfer and retention rates of at-risk students Una Region -- Un Futuro GOAL 2: By 2015, increase by 50% the number of degrees, certificates and other identifiable student successes from high quality programs.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Duca, John V. and Mine K. Yucel.
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Rylander, Carol Keeton. Texas Regio
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