Freshmen Leaders On Campus (FLOC) strives to promote freshmen involvement, community service, and campus pride and represent freshmen in Student Governance and other leadership roles at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA). FLOC is open to all first-time-in-college first year students. The goals of FLOC are: to promote leadership development and skills building; to increase student confidence in themselves and their leadership abilities; to connect students to on-campus involvement opportunities; and to create camaraderie and strong relationships among participants to enhance social well-being.

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program is in-person only.

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

APPROXIMATE PARTICIPANTS SERVED IN 2021-22: 50

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

WEBSITE TO APPLY: https://mavorgs.campuslabs.com/engage/submitter/form/start/544292

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

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Follett Student Leadership Center

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Becka Shetty at becka.shetty@uta.edu or 817-272-3211

The Graduation Help Desk helps ensure every student graduates. Any member of the UTA community can contact the Graduation Help Desk to assist students. The Academic Success Center staff supports all students by addressing complex academic and non-academic issues that hinder students' academic performance or path to graduation. The Graduation Help Desk has impacted both practice and procedure at the University of Texas at Arlington. Practice and procedure have been impacted through routine partnership with academic departments and the advising community to begin preparing students for timely degree completion earlier in their academic career. Partnerships with the Office of the Registrar, Office of Financial Aid, Student Money Management Center have also contributed to an increase in degree progression and completion.

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program is online only.

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

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Academic Success Center/Division of Student Success

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Melissa Smith at Melissa.Smith@uta.edu or 8172720317

Peer-Led Team Learning (PLTL) allows student to work in small groups of 8 facilitated by peers who have successfully passed the course. Students in PLTL work on practice problem sets developed by UTA faculty. PLTL sessions are facilitated once a week and attendance is mandatory. After a weekly meeting with faculty, PLTL Leaders will meet with the group throughout the entire semester to help with conceptual content and study skills.

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program is in-person only.

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

PROGRAM OUTCOMES: The PLTL model was successful in decreasing the DFW rate in PLTL supported courses in 21-22. PLTL decreased DFW rates between 4% to 40% across courses. Supported courses are MATH 1426 (Calculus I), MATH 2425 (Calculus II), MATH 2326 (Calculus III), CHEM 1441 (General Chemistry I), CHEM 1442 (General Chemistry II) and CHEM 1465 (Chemistry for Engineers).

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Academic Success Center - Division of Student Success

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Catherine Unite - Director at unitec@uta.edu or 817-272-0761

"Power Up + Tech Up Program aims to equip students with the power (soft) and technical skills that will empower them to initiate well-paying and rewarding careers. The program features online, self-paced training programs that lead to certifications and industry-recognized credentials in power and technical skills. Students access these programs free of charge through our partnerships with CareerSpots, Revature (a tech talent firm), Google and Coursera.

Power Up + Tech Up aims to provide a co-curricular opportunity for transfer students to gain power skills experience and industry-recognized credentials and articulate these skills as they land their first jobs upon graduation. Objectives of the Power Up + Tech Up Program include increased knowledge and awareness of power skills, an increase in participation in technical skills training and certification programs by the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) students by twenty percent, and an 80% employment rate of Power Up + Tech Up students within the first three months of graduation.

The Power Up + Tech Up Program targets transfer students from UTA’s three largest college partners—Collin College, Dallas College, and Tarrant County College. UTA has excellent relationships with all three colleges and will continue to strengthen the connection through the enhanced services provided to these students participating in the program. Students from all majors will be encouraged to participate. "

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program has a hybrid format.

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

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Office of the Provost

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Pranesh Aswath at aswath@exchange.uta.edu or 817-272-2103

TRIO SSS provides comprehensive support throughout a student’s undergraduate journey. The Program actively helps students transition to the University and navigate the campus’ systems. Our students (TRIO SSS participants) benefit from individualized academic, financial, career and personal success coaching. The Program staff work with participants to assess their needs, strengths, and goals to support and motivate them toward successful completion of their undergraduate college experience. TRIO SSS participants ENGAGE in learning communities, study groups, academic and life skill workshops, and tutoring to enhance their capacity for learning and promote academic, personal, and professional success. TRIO SSS participants CONNECT to other students/participants, on-campus and in the community through social and cultural events, and volunteer outreach to build a sense of community and foster an appreciation and awareness of diversity. TRIO SSS participants are committed to their success. They can SUCCEED through continued advocacy and support in defining and reaching their goals. The goal of TRIO SSS is to improve academic performance, increase retention and graduation rates, and maintain an environment that supports undergraduate students.

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program has a hybrid format.

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

APPROXIMATE PARTICIPANTS SERVED IN 2021-22: 285

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

WEBSITE TO APPLY: www.uta.edu/sss

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

PRELIMINARY OUTCOMES DATA: For 2020-2021 academic year, the program achieved a 90% persistence rate and a 6-year graduation rate of 68%.

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Academic Success Center, in the Division of Student Success

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Jennifer Luken Sutton at jluken@uta.edu or 817-272-4660

The Tarrant To & Through Partnership aims to ensure more Tarrant County students have the training and skills they need to thrive in today’s workforce. The Tarrant To & Through (T3) Partnership commits to: 1) Supporting your student on their journey to graduate high school; 2) Helping them create a customized plan for life after high school; 3) Ensuring they complete a degree or credential to attain a meaningful career and living-wage job. When your student takes the T3 Pledge, we'll help them build a customized plan focused on life after high school called a "Postsecondary Success Plan". If eligible, your student will have access to a variety of supports such as: A T3 Last Dollar Scholarship covers any remaining tuition costs after all Pell grants and/or other federal, state, or institutional aid have been applied. In other words, last dollar scholarships cover the gap -- any last dollars needed to cover the student's tuition. The UTA and T3 partnership serves Fort Worth ISD students by offering personalized guidance and programming throughout high school into college, helping students achieve a world class degree. Become a T3 Scholar by completing the T3 Partnership Pledge by the T3 pledge deadline of your senior year of high school. T3 Scholars attending UTA who meet all eligibility requirements will also receive funding covering the cost of classes (tuition) that federal, state, or other institutional grants or scholarships do not.

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program has a hybrid format.

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

APPROXIMATE PARTICIPANTS SERVED IN 2021-22: 4,000

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

WEBSITE TO APPLY: https://t3partnership.org/

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

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Tarrant To and Through (T3) is a partnership with an MOU agreement with UTA and administered by both Division of Enrollment Management and Division of Student Success

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Rachael Capua at rcapua@t3partnership.org or (817) 717-3963

This impact report, released in February of 2022, shows the Tarrant To and Through (T3) Partnership's progress since initial launch in 2020 through December 2021. The T3 Partnership, a local coalition of school districts, colleges, universities, employers, and community organizations, provides a variety of programs designed to inform and engage students and families about college and career pathways. It aims to ensure more Tarrant County students have the training and skills they need to thrive in today’s workforce.

In January 2021, the University of Texas at Arlington launched the eLearning Transformational Model (eLearning TM) program to build the foundation for sustainable and scalable transformation into a dynamic, digitally enhanced and responsive university. UTA’s eLearning TM efforts align to provide exceptional contribution to the Building a Talent Strong Texas plan, specifically in areas of increasing attainment of postsecondary credentials for adult learners and streamlining student academic and career pathways through innovative course and program redesign and enhanced support services that lead to increased credentials of value.

The eLearning TM team utilized a structured, holistic approach to supporting the implementation of a set of six short-term micro-credential (certificate) programs in high-demand employment areas (health informatics, diversity and inclusion in business, logistics engineering, military social work, and learning technologies) designed for adult learners. The 90+ members of the cross-campus eLearning team coordinated to launch these certificate programs and simultaneously identified a need for and launched eight parallel projects to provide robust and high-quality course and faculty development; offer flexible teaching and learning options through modernized technology and facilities; deliver enhanced market analysis to programs for recruitment; harness data for targeted support of learners across instructional modalities to close achievement and equity gaps.

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program is online only.

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

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Provost Office

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Amber Smallwood at amber.smallwood@uta.edu or 817-272-5474