The Advising and Career Experience (ACE) Center is a structural and programmatic merger between the existing academic advising and career development offices. The ACE Center is devoted to increasing equitable student success outcomes through an intentional and cohesive academic advising and career experience. The ACE Center reimagined the College Experience Coach (CEC) who will be responsible for helping students shape their professional college experience from orientation to graduation and beyond. The highlights of this new position will be to coach first-time college students during their first year, bridging their values and interests to program relevance and professional goals. This position will be cross trained as an academic advisor to improve the connection between career and academic planning. The CEC will also take on a caseload of graduating final semester seniors and provide coordinated programming to prepare them for personal and professional success beyond graduation.

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program has a hybrid format or has both online and in-person components.

PROGRAM SCALE: Large-scale (reaches more than 25 percent of its intended target population)

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Academic Advising

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Venus Lillis at vmann@tamut.edu or 903-223-3046

The Academic Center for Excellence provides assistance to students who need or desire additional academic support with their courses.

The tutors working in ACE are ETBU students who excel academically in their studies. They are committed to assisting any student by empowering them with the skills needed to become a successful student.

The ACE Lab offers one-on-one and group tutoring sessions free of charge to all students enrolled at East Texas Baptist University. Our tutoring focuses on general education and gateway courses, and we offer help in all of our courses fitting that description.

ETBU's ACE Lab is a Level I CRLA certified program that trains tutors in accordance with best practices in the field.

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program has a hybrid format or has both online and in-person components.

PROGRAM SCALE: Medium-scale (reaches between 10 and 25 percent of its target population)

PROGRAM OUTCOMES: Over 95% of students who attend the ACE Lab for academic tutoring report being highly satisfied with the services they receive.

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Office of Academic Success

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Bryan Mead at bmead@etbu.edu or 903-923-2229

Academic Coaching is a collaborative and interactive process intended to assist students in making an individualized plan for achieving academic success. It provides students with the opportunity to work individually with a Student Success Specialist to enhance their academic skills, increase awareness of educational resources, gain confidence and discover motivation. Academic Coaching is available year round. Sessions may vary based on student need.

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program has a hybrid format or has both online and in-person components.

PROGRAM SCALE: Medium-scale (reaches between 10 and 25 percent of its target population)

PROGRAM OUTCOMES: 97% of students saw their skills improve
99% of students have a better understanding of what it takes to be successful each semester
99% of students would recommend this program to other students

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Student Success

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Criquett Chapman at cchapman@vernoncollege.edu or 9405526291

Academic coaches at ETBU work with students to help hold them accountable for all things academics. Our coaches help students develop study skills, good study habits, and continually assess the current academic status of our students. Coaches also help advise students with course scheduling, changing majors, and overall academic development. Academic coaching typically takes place once a week, with students working with the same academic coach throughout the semester (and, oftentimes, over the course of several semesters). Academic coaches discuss a student's current grades, attendance, and missing assignments during each session, and help students in setting up contact with instructors/professors when needed.

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program is in-person only.

PROGRAM SCALE: Large-scale (reaches more than 25 percent of its intended target population)

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Academic Success

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Bryan Mead at bmead@etbu.edu or 903-923-2229

WBU Academic Coaching exists to help students transition from high school to college learning with particular emphasis on developmental students. We also mentor students in order to establish a safe environment for not only learning, but also emotional support. This approach has also served to create community among our students.

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program is in-person only.

PROGRAM SCALE: Large-scale (reaches more than 25 percent of its intended target population)

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Office of Student Success

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Rosemary Peggram at peggramr@wbu.edu or 806-201-3414

Academic coaching is an interactive process that focuses on the personal relationship created between student and coach. An academic coach helps students navigate obstacles they may encounter during their academic career by using individualized and holistic approaches. They guide students in understanding and adapting their learning behavior by challenging students to think about personal and/or professional goals as related to academic/educational goals. Academic coaches help empower students to take responsibility for your own learning.

• Help students thrive by adopting a holistic and transformational approach.
• To help students become self-reflective and determine a path toward success.
• Equip and empower students to be able to identify context-specific methods, processes, and integrated strategic approaches to learning, problem-solving, motivation, and time management.
• To provide Academic Coaches with campus wide support as they identify trending barriers students face.
• To encourage intentional departmental and hopefully systemic change with awareness of barriers faced by subpopulations of our students.

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program has a hybrid format or has both online and in-person components.

PROGRAM SCALE: Small-scale (reaches fewer than 10 percent of its target population)

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: UTRGV Learning Center

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Dr. Leslie Kimberling Jones at leslie.jones@utrgv.edu or 956 882-7059

The Academic Readiness Center helps Frank Phillips College students to be successful in pursuing their academic goals. To accomplish this, we offer a wide variety of services: tutoring, free printing, access to computer lab resources, technological help, supplemental instruction, and some proctoring services.

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program has a hybrid format or has both online and in-person components.

PROGRAM SCALE: Medium-scale (reaches between 10 and 25 percent of its target population)

PROGRAM OUTCOMES: 77% of students that utilized coaching were removed from probation, cont. probation, and remained in good standing. Success Coaching was reflective of the ethnic diversity seen at UHCL in services to underserved and minority populations.

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Director of the Academic Readiness Center

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Derrick Cummings at dcummings@fpctx.edu or 806-457-4200

While forging ahead with course platform innovations, the former one-hour course of College Assembly known as Chapel has been redesigned a weekly informative session of an Academic Symposium. This allows students to benefit from the experience of weekly interactions with professors and professionals. Interaction is an essential part of academic life. The symposium allows students to have exposure to division major presentations, and student demonstrations for creative intellectual purposes. The weekly symposiums that were initiated during the first week of the semester have proven to be beneficial. During the weekly interactions, students are given the opportunity to increase networking skills, meet with professors in their majors, improve communication and presentation abilities; plus glean the latest information that can have a positive impact on the Texas College academic community. Each major within the four divisions has committed to design programs for each week such as a major fair, internship orientations, graduate school opportunities, resume writing, financial literacy, soft-skill training, and various other motivational programs. Each session begins with an invocation, weekly announcements, reminders, and a weekly program. The Academic Symposium programming is designed to include the aspiration to respond to expectations of business and industry for core workplace skills mathematics, quantitative, analytical reasoning, written plus oral communication, and critical thinking/problem-solving. Having agreed on the three broad areas to be addressed, each division determined the learning outcomes. Thus, there has been an overwhelming response of attendance by students and faculty participation

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program is online only.

PROGRAM SCALE: Large-scale (reaches more than 25 percent of its intended target population)

PROGRAM OUTCOMES: The Academic Symposium is an influential learning tool for Texas College students. Students can become bored with the day-to-day humdrum of classes, and home. The symposium helps break the monotony of the college routine. In many ways, it can help instill a sense of camaraderie, and school spirit, or even help develop an interest in potential extracurricular activities and future careers.

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Academci Affairs

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Jan Duncan at jduncan@texascollege.edu or 9035938311

CLASS at Laredo College is a comprehensive program that provides support and resources to students, fostering their academic growth and personal development.
Core Features: Tutoring Services: The program offers personalized tutoring sessions ensuring students receive the assistance they need.
Academic Workshops: To enhance study skills, time management, and critical thinking abilities.
Peer Mentoring: The program connects students with experienced peers.
Goals: Improve Academic Performance: The primary goal is to enhance students' academic performance by providing targeted assistance and support.
Foster Student Engagement: The program aims to foster a sense of belonging and engagement among students, creating a positive learning environment.
Increase Retention Rate by addressing academic challenges and providing resources.
Objectives: Increase student usage of tutoring services and academic workshops. Establish a robust peer mentoring program to connect students with mentors who can offer support and encouragement.
Implement skill-building programs to improve specific academic competencies among students.
Target Population:
CLASS targets enrolled students at Laredo College to provide support to foster success. The program aims to address the needs of struggling students and promote continuous improvement among high-achieving students, creating a dynamic learning community.

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program is in-person only.

PROGRAM SCALE: Large-scale (reaches more than 25 percent of its intended target population)

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Dean of Academic Innovation & Technology

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Elizabeth Rodriguez at elizabeth.rodriguez@laredo.edu or (956)721-5879

The Access and Opportunity Portal (AOP) supports undergraduate funding requests that can include (but are not limited to) internship related expenses, test preparation, textbooks, course fees, financial emergencies, commencement regalia, technological supports and medical co-pays. The aim of this fund is to fill in the financial gaps that prevent students from fully participating in the Rice educational experience.

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program has a hybrid format or has both online and in-person components.

PROGRAM SCALE: Unknown

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Student Success Initiatives

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Araceli Lopez at al14@rice.edu or 7133484345

Core features/target population
In Fall 2016, A&M-SA enrolled a cohort of 171 males of color, of which only 34, or 20%, graduated within 5 years, dovetailing national trends of lower minority male enrollment and graduation in higher education. As a result, the University launched AIMM in Fall 2021, a year-long program to increase the retention, graduation, engagement, and overall success of ethnic minority males on campus.

Participants are expected to increase their knowledge and skills in: time management, academic and leadership development, personal and professional branding, mental and physical health, financial literacy, and civic responsibility. AIMM's holistic approach cultivates a sense of belonging for participants, thus increasing their chances for educational success and future quality of life.

Goals and objectives
Learning Outcomes:
1. By actively participating in A.I.M.M., students will enhance their professional skills through public speaking, resume development, and personal branding.
2. As an A.I.M.M. participant, students will foster mentoring relationships with A&M-SA faculty and staff that contribute to their personal, academic, and professional development as student leaders.
3. A.I.M.M. identifies and utilizes academic-related resources and tools to support its member's academic performance in the classroom.
4. A.I.M.M. provides opportunities for participants to connect with campus resources, students, faculty, staff, administrators, and the San Antonio community by providing a holistic approach cultivating a sense of belonging.
5. Participating in service-learning projects, A.I.M.M. participants will recognize the importance of community service and civic responsibility through personal involvement and municipal engagement with A&M-SA and the San Antonio community.
A.I.M.M. participants will participate in initiatives to improve their health holistically. This includes but is not limited to students' physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual health and well-being.
7. As an A.I.M.M. participant, students will enter into a brotherhood bound by shared values, principles, attitudes, and beliefs.
8. A.I.M.M. will promote positive self-identity development by creating safe spaces for students to examine their own experiences and identities and to allow them to express it freely.

Initiative Pillars

Brotherhood
We define brotherhood as a network and/or group bounded by shared values, principles, attitudes, and beliefs. This brotherhood will challenge and empower their members positively and hold each other accountable.

Leadership
We define leadership in an individual and collective sense, as a person or group with the necessary qualities to be an example in multiple spaces. Leaders develop the ability to persevere and accept others' support and input to work cohesively towards a common goal with integrity.

College & Career Readiness
College and career readiness ensures that students are equipped with the translatable tools, skills, and abilities to succeed and excel academically. Students should be able to translate these skills and abilities into their chosen professional careers.

Health & Wellness
We define health and wellness as promoting healthy and holistic relationships amongst our students. Which includes, but it is not limited to, students' physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual health and well-being.

Identity
We promote positive self-identity development by creating safe spaces for students to examine their own experiences and identities and to allow them to express it freely.

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program is in-person only.

PROGRAM SCALE: Medium-scale (reaches between 10 and 25 percent of its target population)

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Cisneros Institute for Emerging Leaders

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Jarrick Brown at jbrown@tamusa.edu or (210) 784-1424

The Achieving the Dream initiative focuses on retaining students from fall to spring and spring to fall, success in remediation and completion of gatekeeper courses, equity, and completion rates.
A Student Success Council and Data Team oversee the initiative. The Data Team collects and reviews data and makes recommendation to the Student Success Council. The Student Success Council focuses on measures implemented to improve retention and student success.

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program has a hybrid format or has both online and in-person components.

PROGRAM SCALE: Large-scale (reaches more than 25 percent of its intended target population)

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: President and Vice President of Student Access and Success

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Pamela Anglin at panglin@parisjc.edu or 903-782-0330

The Advising Students for Success project fall in line with the intent of the Accelerate Student Success Planning Grant. Through the Accelerate Student Success Planning Grant, our project will begin to improve our efforts of advising support to our students.
Project Goals and Objectives:
- Improve an advising model and move it to a student success model that is receptive to students (e.g. transfer students, specialized student populations (i.e. athletes, online/distance learners, etc.) and disciplines.
- Increase retention and timely progress to degree benchmarks by leveraging technology platforms
- Ease institutional barriers to ensure students can graduate in four years
- Increase high impact practices by providing training for all student success coaches to promote student success
- Post-completion goals (e.g., obtaining employment, continuing education, career advancement, economic development). We believe we are on track to accomplish many of the objectives.

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program has a hybrid format or has both online and in-person components.

PROGRAM SCALE: Large-scale (reaches more than 25 percent of its intended target population)

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Division of Enrollment and Student Services

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Dr. Emmanuel Lalande at Emmanuel.Lalande@cbshouston.edu or 8322520707

The AlamoEXPERIENCE Experiential Learning Model Task Force members of over 100 plus cross-college faculty and staff of the Alamo Colleges District, developed an experiential learning model to guide and affirm students of the Alamo Colleges’ career choice. The opportunities were categorized into four types, and defined as Co-curricular, Field Experience, Service Learning/Community Service, and Extra-curricular activities. The AlamoEXPERIENCE transcript, a verified record of involvement, captures students’ completion of opportunities, demonstrates the students’ completion of the NACE Career Readiness Competencies, and knowledge obtained during the experience.
GUIDING PRINCIPLES
Every student will:
∙ Have an Experiential Learning experience by graduation.
∙ Will be able to apply their Experiential Learning in a setting that may guide and inform their career pathway.
Every Experiential Learning experience will:
∙ Provide students the opportunity to engage in and reflect on structured, purposeful activities.
∙ Be captured on an AlamoEXPERIENCE transcript.
DEFINITION
Experiential Learning is the development of new skills and/or perspectives gained through experience and personal reflection
MISSION
Provide every student of the Alamo Colleges with an Experiential Learning opportunity that enhances student learning and serves to guide and affirm career pathways.
VISION
Transform every student’s life through Experiential Learning.

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program has a hybrid format or has both online and in-person components.

PROGRAM SCALE: Large-scale (reaches more than 25 percent of its intended target population)

PROGRAM OUTCOMES: The Alamo College District’s student job board increased students’ unique logins by 140%, with a 408% increase in student job applications from FY21 to FY22. The Certified Career Experience Navigators provide a coordinated student connection, enabling Navigators to provide career readiness and experiential learning service appointments at each of the five colleges. The impact is a 273% increase in students serviced via Navigate FS from last Fall ’21 to Fall ‘22. Fall ‘20 to Fall ’22, the AlamoEXPERIENCE Model college staffing teams doubled the number of students with 45+ hours who completed an experiential learning activity before graduation.

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Success

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Cassandra V. Segura at csegura31@alamo.edu or 2104850889

Alamo Thrive Program has been established to provide outreach and engagement of students in Mental Health Support. Alamo Thrive's goal is to provide training for faculty/staff and students on mental health services. Alamo Thrive completed the Hanover Survey of Faculty/Staff/Students on Alamo Mental Health Services and also completed the Healthy Minds Survey at each of the Alamo Colleges. The survey data has been used to improve services in Mental Health and support funding of new positions for Peer Support programming and outreach. Basic Needs support grants were also provided to students needing emergency aid assistance to reduce stress, anxiety, and due to basic needs.

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program has a hybrid format or has both online and in-person components.

PROGRAM SCALE: Small-scale (reaches fewer than 10 percent of its target population)

PROGRAM OUTCOMES: Due to the funding support from the SSAP grants we have been able to see increases in student participation in services and increased awareness. We have an increase in participation by faculty and staff in training.

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Student Advocacy Network - Student Success

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Dr. Leticia Duncan-Brosnan at lduncan-brosnan@alamo.edu or 210 485-0855

Amarillo College's Advocacy & Resource Center (ARC) was established to provide students with a centralized location to access resources that can assist in meeting students' basic needs. Social Workers are available to work with Amarillo College staff, faculty and community members to assist in removing barriers that prevent students from obtaining success. Through the ARC, students can access the Social Services Program which provides access to internal and external resources to ensure that student's needs are addressed appropriately. Emergency Aid is also available to students who meet the qualification requirements of the college's No Excuses Fund. Students are also able to inquire about scholarships that can help them meet their academic, childcare, and transportation needs. Last but not least, Amarillo College students are able to visit one of five campus food pantries that not only provides access to food but hygiene and baby resources as well.

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program has a hybrid format or has both online and in-person components.

PROGRAM SCALE: Large-scale (reaches more than 25 percent of its intended target population)

PROGRAM OUTCOMES: The Advocacy & Resource Center received over 8,000 visits during the 2022/2023 academic year.

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Vice President of Strategic Initiatives

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Jordan Herrera at jaherrera@actx.edu or 806-371-5439

Transmountain ECHS/EPCC strive to encourage and recruit students in the target populations of At-Risk, students with disabilities, low socio-economic, Emergent Bilinguals (EB), minorities and historically under-served communities. Indeed El Paso ISD's and EPCC's demographics are well-represented in these areas. Campus Leadership Teams meet regularly to brainstorm, plan and implement strategies focused on recruiting target-population students. Additionally, TMECHS staff works with all district middle schools to ensure dissemination of open communication and accurate information to all students. TMECHS wants students to know that they all can, and should, apply to TMECHS and have the opportunity to earn an Associates Degree during high school.

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program is in-person only.

PROGRAM SCALE: Large-scale (reaches more than 25 percent of its intended target population)

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: TMECHS/EPCC Administration

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Barbara Brinkley-Lopez TMECHS Principal at bblopez@episd.org or 915-236-5000

The purpose of this planning grant is to begin the expansion of UHD's basic needs offerings for students to reduce the stress of managing personal and familial responsibilities in addition to their academics. Basic Needs services include, but are not limited to, access to food, technology, mental and physical health services, emergency housing, and emergency funding. Ultimately, the basic needs initiative is part of UHD's multi-prong student success effort to increase retention and graduation.

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program has a hybrid format.

PROGRAM SCALE: Medium-scale (reaches between 10 and 25 percent of its target population)

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Student Success and Student Life

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Lynette Cook-Francis at lcookfrancis@uhd.edu or 7132215804

In order to ensure all students are prepared for success at SHSU, beginning in Fall '23 all incoming first-time freshmen will be required to arrive a full week early to participate in a set of programming designed to accomplish three goals: Provide comprehensive, thorough academic preparation; build a sense of community; ensure each first-year student has a secure sense of mental health and well-being.

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program has a hybrid format or has both online and in-person components.

PROGRAM SCALE: Large-scale (reaches more than 25 percent of its intended target population)

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Student Affairs

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Brandon Cooper at mbc004@shsu.edu or 936-294-3465

Best Achievement Strategies for College (BASC) is a system-wide, university orientation course created to encourage traditional and non-traditional students to persist to degree completion. The class focuses on three elements: the development of a growth mindset, the early identification of a major and career, and the hands-on involvement in service learning. BASC is offered face-to-face on the residential campus, each external campus and online, each with a slightly different student population. The course is designed to assist and empower first-year learners with strategies and information to support the successful launch of their college career. Faculty from each academic school on the Plainview campus offer discipline-specific sections of the course, allowing students to make connections with faculty in their primary area of study while receiving information and success strategies specific to that major and profession. Throughout the semester, students learn about growth mindset, and receive information about student services, the writing center, the library, tutoring, and health and wellness, as well as strategies such as time and financial management, study skills, note taking, and learning styles. Students explore their interests, skills, and career goals upon choosing a major and are assisted one-on-one with registering for classes for their second semester. Members of the BASC course also participate in a service-learning project that ties discipline-specific activities to community service. The Best Academic Strategies for College (BASC) course is designed to make the transition to college a little less stressful by making information, strategies, and services readily available.

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program has a hybrid format or has both online and in-person components.

PROGRAM SCALE: Large-scale (reaches more than 25 percent of its intended target population)

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Student Success

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Dr. Rosemary Peggram at peggramr@wbu.edu or 8062913414