The Aggies Thrive Program is intended to give select students an opportunity to continue their education at Texas A&M University, when otherwise they would have been dismissed due to academic deficiency. Participation in Thrive requires adherence to the academic probation guidelines set forth by Transition Academic Programs (TAP), the office responsible for the General Studies (GEST) transitional major.

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program is in-person only.

PROGRAM SCALE: No, we do not have plans to change the program within the next two years.

APPROXIMATE PARTICIPANTS SERVED IN 2021-22: 151

HOW TO ENROLL: Participants must apply to enroll in this program

WEBSITE TO APPLY: https://aitsapps.tamu.edu/tapapp/ThriveForm.aspx

EVALUATION STATUS: Data related to program outcomes are currently being internally collected

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Transition Academic Programs (TAP)

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Neva Hughes or Dr. Arthur Watson at neva.hughes@tamu.edu or 979-845-5916

First-year students at Texas A&M participate in Hullabaloo U – Texas A&M’s first-year experience course. Participation in a Hullabaloo U section helps first-year students develop skills to achieve academic and personal goals, take advantage of campus resources, develop community and a sense of belonging, and be equipped to contribute to our respectful and inclusive Aggie community. Every Hullabaloo U section is led by a faculty or staff instructor and an undergraduate peer mentor. Sections are limited to less than 30 first-year students. While there are a number of courses certified as a Hullabaloo U course, all share overarching common outcomes and a common student success curriculum.

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program is in-person only.

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

APPROXIMATE PARTICIPANTS SERVED IN 2021-22: 12,000

HOW TO ENROLL: First-year students register for a Hullabaloo U course when they register for first semester courses.

EVALUATION STATUS: Data related to program outcomes are currently being internally collected

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Office for Student Success

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Meredith Malnar at meredithm@tamu.edu or 9798451331

The Math Learning Center fosters the academic success of Texas A&M students by supporting the high-enrollment courses with significant mathematics, statistics, and quantitative reasoning content, particularly those courses that fulfill core curriculum requirements or serve as prerequisites for more advanced topics. Faculty from various collaborating departments, as well as skilled graduate teaching assistants and undergraduate mentors, promote the growth of students’ conceptual and practical math skills using engaging learning strategies such as tutoring, study sessions, workshops, and weekly reviews. The Math Learning Center provides a welcoming and inclusive environment and takes alternative and flexible approaches to learning. The target population are the students who are taking core mathematics and statistics courses.

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program has a hybrid format.

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

APPROXIMATE PARTICIPANTS SERVED IN 2021-22: 7529

HOW TO ENROLL: All stakeholders have access to this program. As such, there is no enrollment process

EVALUATION STATUS: Data related to program outcomes are currently being internally collected

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Undergraduate Studies

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Paulo Lima-Filho at lima-filho@tamu.edu or 9798477312

In 2004, former TAMU president, Dr. Robert Gates, established the Regents’ Scholars Program. It is designed to assist first-generation college students in achieving their educational goals at Texas A&M University. In collaboration with the Scholarships and Financial Aid office, which handles the scholarship awarding process, the Routh First-Generation Center in the Office for Student Success oversees the program's programming (i.e., first-year requirements, and beyond the first year). In 2020, the support of the TAMU system for the program has permitted the number of scholarship recipients to increase to about 750-1000 students. Students who entered the fall of 2019 or earlier will receive $5,000 per year for up to four years. Students entering the fall of 2020 or later will receive up to $6,000 per year for up to four years. The first-generation class of 2025 had 978 first-generation student scholarships awarded as part of the Regents’ Scholars Program.

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program is in-person only.

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

APPROXIMATE PARTICIPANTS SERVED IN 2021-22: 978

HOW TO ENROLL: Participants must accept invitation to be in the program

EVALUATION STATUS: Data related to program outcomes are currently being internally collected

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Routh First-Generation Center, Office for Student Success

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Leticia Palomin at lety-palomin@tamu.edu or 979-458-6407

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The modules posted below aim to provide digital resources for students and instructors. Providing students on-demand digital, multimedia, open-access resources which can be watched repeatedly at convenient times can serve as one path to improving student success in introductory physics courses The modules have been created for each topic covered in calculus-based introductory physics courses. Each module includes:Videos reviewing the laws and concepts, and videos with step-by-step problem solving providing students with additional aid in learning the material. (i) Review Videos summarize major topics after students had encountered them in class and highlight their application to common and significant problems. This resource incorporates explanations, derivations, and demonstrations to illustrate a concept; (ii) Problem-Solving Videos present detailed solutions to multi-step questions which students might encounter when working through textbook problems or on major summative assessments. This in-depth approach was structured to guide students in improving their problem-solving skills and techniques, as well as address common mistakes. More than one hundred videos have been created for different types of learners. This is a resource for both students and instructors.Textbook-independent homework problem sets that could be implemented via LMS. The homework has a mix of multiple-choice and free-response problems aiming to develop student critical thinking. Detailed solutions to all problems are provided so that the students can compare their results with the solution, or an instructor can understand what was intended for the solution if modification of the problem is desired. This is a resource for both instructors and students. Video demonstration experiments for each topic that will allow the instructors around the State of Texas to bring physics experiments to their classrooms (instructor resource). The videos merely show the experiment taking place without any explanation of the underlying physics. This gives the instructor complete freedom to tailor the explanation to their class. A text with a brief description of the experiments is provided. 

A mixture of multiple-choice and free-response problems aimed at developing critical thinking. Detailed solutions to all problems are provided.

Problem-Solving Videos present detailed solutions to multi-step questions. These videos are structured to improve problem-solving skills.

Review Videos summarize major topics. This resource incorporates explanations, derivations, and demonstrations to illustrate a concept.

A mixture of multiple-choice and free-response problems aimed at developing critical thinking. Detailed solutions to all problems are provided.

Problem-Solving Videos present detailed solutions to multi-step questions. These videos are structured to improve problem-solving skills.

Review Videos summarize major topics. This resource incorporates explanations, derivations, and demonstrations to illustrate a concept.

A mixture of multiple-choice and free-response problems aimed at developing critical thinking. Detailed solutions to all problems are provided.