The Advising and Career Experience (ACE) Center is a structural and programmatic …
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)
The Academic Center for Excellence provides assistance to students who need or …
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 coaches at ETBU work with students to help hold them accountable …
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)
While forging ahead with course platform innovations, the former one-hour course of …
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.
The Achieving the Dream initiative focuses on retaining students from fall to …
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 CVS Scholarship Program will open doors to supporting partnership opportunities that …
The CVS Scholarship Program will open doors to supporting partnership opportunities that will lead to professional development and career pathway relationships for Texas College students with CVS. The components of the initiative propose to have varied opportunities of participation that provide mutual benefits for both CVS and Texas College in the immediate and long-term future. The general thrust of the initiative will address select needs and complimentary services with support of students, community residents, faculty-staff, and CVS associates in the Tyler Texas /East Texas region. For CVS and Texas College, the ultimate interests of the project is to establish ways to recruit-retain-retrain suitable individuals, from program entry at Texas College, and further to career pathway employment opportunities with CVS Corporation.
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)
At the heart of The Cardinal Advocacy and Resource Center is the …
At the heart of The Cardinal Advocacy and Resource Center is the conviction that education is a basic human right, essential to a thriving democracy. We recognize that to support our students through completion, students often need assistance outside of the classroom. Affording students the tools to reduce basic needs insecurity and learn to advocate for themselves is a priority at the CARC. Available to all students enrolled in at least 3 hours, the CARC is more than just a food and clothing pantry. Equitable access to basic needs includes assistance for, but not limited to, transportation, child-care, housing, food, technology, and emergency funding. Holistic support is also available to meet students where they area. We work to ensure students basic needs are met so they can focus on their academic success. Learning to be an advocate for themselves is another important function of the CARC. To that end, we provide students with an updated and comprehensive resource guide to allow students to easily locate and find services at the time they need it.
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: Student Life
CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Audrey Hawkins at ahawkins@tvcc.edu or 903-675-6399
The Kilgore College Early Alert program is designed to improve the retention …
The Kilgore College Early Alert program is designed to improve the retention and persistence of all students by providing added instructional support to low-risk, medium-risk, or high-risk students. One of the institutional core values is success and improvement and escalating student success. The goal is to increase faculty involvement in the Early Alert System.
The Instructional Student Support Department works closely with the retention team members and faculty to increase early alert participation through training, emphasizing using the system each term and implementing the five steps to engage students in the intervention process. The fives steps are: (1) reach out to the student within 48-hours of receiving the early-alert assignment by phone, (2) email, (3) virtual meeting, and (4) in person when needed; additional, each student account will be noted thoroughly with the intervention performed. (5) Finally, feedback on the interventions will be sent to the submitter (faculty/staff member) and the retention manager. The submitted concerns include attendance, grades, general (not grades/attendance), behavioral/disciplinary, confidential, drop from class, financial, other, and withdrawal from college.
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)
DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Instructional Student Support
CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Ebony Dennis at edennis@kilgore.edu or 903-236-2030
Jarvis Christian University has a two-tiered approach to advising in that students …
Jarvis Christian University has a two-tiered approach to advising in that students who have earned between 0-60 semester credit hours are advised by professional advisors and students above 60 hours are advised by faculty in their respective educational programs. Prior to the pandemic, the University strengthened its capacity to increase persistence rates by implementing an early warning and holistic student success management system, the Educational Advisory Board's Navigate.
Faculty identify at-risk students through the Navigate early alert system during the first four to five weeks of the semester. Using a cross-representative team of faculty, staff and professional advisors, the Navigate system was programed to send automated emails to students based on the early alert that was generated. The system provides students with detailed instructions along with the next steps they should take to get back on track.
Following early alerts, professional advisors invite students to schedule an appointment to discuss the early alert and offer any assistance needed. For severely struggling students, professional advisors will work with residence hall managers and the like to track the student, and if possible, meet with the student to mitigate failure risk and identify resources as needed.
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: 78% of faculty completed 2,506 progress reports, indicating at-risk factors, for 732 unique students; 63% (N=461) were marked at-risk in at least one class for which intervention was provided through specialized email support. Of the students marked at-risk, 348 (75.5%) had a "C" or lower at midterms in at least one class, but almost half of the "Cs" were increased by 1+ letter grade(s) at finals. Further, all of the at-risk students who increased their grades from midterms to finals, re-enrolled for the spring 2020 term at a higher rate (77.3%) than the rest of the institution (62.4%).
DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Division of Student Success
CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Dr. Yolanda Jones at yjones@jarvis.edu or 903-730-4890
The Early Start Summer Program (ESSP) was implemented summer 2017, a summer …
The Early Start Summer Program (ESSP) was implemented summer 2017, a summer bridge-style program for high school graduates who will be first-time entering freshmen. Designed to accelerate credit accumulation, enhance self-confidence and self-efficacy, and foster a sense of belonging, ESSP included a full-bodied cohort college experience in a summer term. Much like the CUNY ASAP program, students are placed in blocked courses, are offered supplemental instruction opportunities, are assigned a peer mentor, participate in social and civic activities such as community service, and receive specialized advising and orientation. Students can earn up to 12 semester credit hours in transferrable coursework and receive a substantive reduction in tuition.
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: One cohort, students entering as first-time freshmen in the summer of 2017, has matriculated through to completion. The ESSP students within this cohort had a higher graduation (four-year) and retention rate than that of the 2017 total entering freshmen cohort. Due to its model of credit acceleration, nearly half graduated early (i.e., within 3-3.5 years). Post-program focus group data revealed that students preferred to receive the same degree of support throughout their entire first year.
DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Division of Student Success Services
CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Dr. Yolanda Jones at yjones@jarvis.edu or 903-730-4890
Texarkana College's (TC) I AM FIRST Project goal is to better support …
Texarkana College's (TC) I AM FIRST Project goal is to better support first-generation students on three levels: socially, emotionally, and academically. Our objectives are to serve all our first-generation students with the strategies that foster their sense of social belonging in our college community, support their self-efficacy and mental well-being, and develop their skills to succeed in the classroom and, ultimately, in their careers. TC's student body is approximately 75% first-generation. Success coaches will engage with students through group meetings, one-on-one appointments, and personalized text messaging. We also strive to get first-generation students involved in campus activities outside of the classroom. The Student Success Coach will have the tools to make referrals or contacts on the student's behalf and provide highly individualized coaching tailored to each student's needs. The assigned success coach will remain an advocate for the student from the student's first semester at TC until graduation, giving students the resources, skill-building opportunities, and confidence, they need to succeed.
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)
DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Student Success and Retention
CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Lee Williams III at lee.williams@texarkanacollege.edu or 903.823.3016
Men of Valor M.O.V.E. creates opportunities for young men of color and …
Men of Valor M.O.V.E. creates opportunities for young men of color and increases representation in various professional fields. MOVE members are young men of color who have recently graduated from high school and participate in a year-long, residency-style experience in which they provide mentoring to first-year college students while receiving robust coaching and professional development and gaining valuable experience.
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: Student Affairs
CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Isaac Williams at iwilliams@texascollege.edu or 9035938311
Jarvis Christian University (JCU) Counseling Services is rethinking our approach amid an …
Jarvis Christian University (JCU) Counseling Services is rethinking our approach amid an influx of student mental health demands during the mental health crisis, post the COVID-19 pandemic. Supporting and understanding our students' needs is critical, therefore Counseling Services increased the number of outreach activities and one-on-one counseling sessions with students. In March of 2023, 82% of the students who participated in the Healthy Minds Study stated that students' mental and emotional well-being is a priority on campus.
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)
DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: The Office of Counseling Services
CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Dr. Kishia James at kjames@jarvis.edu or 9037304890
All students at ETBU are assigned an academic advisor in their field …
All students at ETBU are assigned an academic advisor in their field of study. Students must meet with this faculty member in order to register for classes each semester - students do not register for classes on their own. This process helps our advisors work with students to ensure all degree requirements are met as well as help them plan for future semesters. The one-on-one approach also allows our advisors to keep a direct line of communication with students, helping them navigate not only their degree requirements but also their academic career, including discussions on changing majors or adding/dropping classes within a semester.
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: Office of Academic Success
CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Bryan Mead at bmead@etbu.edu or 903-923-2229
Power Hours are designed to help students prepare for exams in select …
Power Hours are designed to help students prepare for exams in select courses. Our Academic Center of Excellence (ACE) tutors are trained in leading group study and material review. Power Hours are led by either an ACE tutor or the instructor themselves. Power Hours are typically held the night before an exam and consist of study tips and general review of the material covered by the exam.
DELIVERY FORMAT: The program is in-person only.
PROGRAM SCALE: Medium-scale (reaches between 10 and 25 percent of its target population)
PROGRAM OUTCOMES: Students attending Power Hours average a 3-5% higher test score over students who do not attend Power Hours.
DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Office of Academic Success
CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Bryan Mead at bmead@etbu.edu or 903-923-2229
Jarvis has instituted a variety of programs to increase the affordability of …
Jarvis has instituted a variety of programs to increase the affordability of degree attainment and student completion.
Project Comeback is a one-time opportunity that affords stopped-out students a second chance at earning a degree. For qualifying students, prior balances are forgiven in order to increase the capacity of students to return to college and complete their degree without the onerous challenge of paying past and current debt. Balance forgiveness is contingent upon degree completion.
The current eligibility criteria includes: --current debt must be $10,000 or greater; --have a current GPA of 2.0 or greater; --be eligible to receive financial aid or pay out-of-pocket; and --have not been enrolled in college for at least 5 years.
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: Division of Enrollment Management
CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Cleopatra Allen at callen@jarvis.edu or 9037304890
The Rise as One for UT Tyler Students’ Success Project will: 1) …
The Rise as One for UT Tyler Students’ Success Project will: 1) implement a multilayered series of professional development opportunities for faculty and advisors, specifically targeting faculty teaching courses serving incoming first-time in college (FTIC) and transfer students, thereby promoting a growth mindset, increasing students’ sense of belonging, elevating engagement in academic courses, and supporting underprepared learners; and 2) implement new engaging virtual orientation experiences and onboarding opportunities for undergraduate students.
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)
DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Student Success for Orientation, Academic Success for Professional Development
CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Colleen Swain at cswain@uttyler.edu or 903.565.5898
The Texas College STEP (Summer Transition Enrichment Program) is a five-week summer …
The Texas College STEP (Summer Transition Enrichment Program) is a five-week summer residential program that prepares incoming freshmen to become successful in their chosen academic fields at Texas College. The program is designed to provide these students with an immersion experience illuminating the life of an effective college student from an academic and social perspective.
DELIVERY FORMAT: The program is in-person only.
PROGRAM SCALE: Large-scale (reaches more than 25 percent of its intended target population)
PROGRAM OUTCOMES: 75% of the students that enrolled in the Texas College STEP Program were retained in College and completed a 2-year or 4-year degree program. The program has been very beneficial to student enrichment and the retention of first year college students.
DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Texas College Office of Admissions
CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Mr. John Roberts or Ms. Joyce Allen at jallen@texascollege.edu or 9035938311
Jarvis has a multifaceted approach to mentorship in that students can receive …
Jarvis has a multifaceted approach to mentorship in that students can receive mentorship a number of ways and at various periods throughout their matriculation, hence the umbrella term of mentorship.
First-Year Faculty and Staff Mentors: The aim of this initiative is to connect first-year students with a faculty or staff mentor group to increase retention/persistence to completion. Mentor teams, comprised of faculty, staff and a processional advisor, are assigned a mentor group by educational discipline. Students meet monthly in groups with their mentor team to engage in opportunities (e.g., free-form or guided discussions, social or academic activities, trips, etc.) that foster a sense of belonging, build connectedness to the institution and ease college navigation.
Alumni Mentors: With the same desired goals and outcomes as that of the first-year student mentor program, all students classified freshmen through seniors have the opportunity to connect with alumni mentors based on outcomes and characteristics that are meaningful to the student such as the potential mentors occupation, affiliate groups, location, etc. Students and alumni mentors control the nature of this relationship and the frequency of contact.
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)
DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Division of Academic Affairs
CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Dr. Antoinesha Hollman at AHollman@Jarvis.edu or 903-730-4890
The Honors Program at Tyler Junior College is designed to serve highly …
The Honors Program at Tyler Junior College is designed to serve highly motivated and creative students by providing an intellectually enriching, interdisciplinary two-year experience. The program fosters an atmosphere of educational excellence with a focus on intellectual exploration, community involvement, and leadership through service learning.
The TJC Honors Program is a focused academic program with unique admissions guidelines and procedures, specialized honors seminar-style courses, dedicated honors faculty, individual advising and planning, reserved housing, and special transcript notation and distinction at graduation. The honors program is open to students from all majors. We pride ourselves on being academically accommodating while also ensuring that students have an intellectually rigorous experience during their time with us.
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)
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