In Southwest Texas Junior College's 15/30/40+ Credit Hours Interventions, Success Coaches meet with students whom are seeking an Associate of Arts or Associate of Science when they meet key credit milestones. Success Coaches meet with each student to monitor student progress and plan future courses to keep students on track using student planning at each marker of 15/30/40+. Transfer pathways are also part of student planning. 15/30/40+ are markers for retention and completion. Once a student reaches the 40+ credit mark, the college's transfer team contacts each student to discuss graduation and transfer

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program has a hybrid format.

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

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: Student Success Services

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Yesenia Silva at ymsilva@swtjc.edu or 830-591-7376

Achieving Completion through Innovation Vision and Team Engagement (ACTIVATE) is a program especially designed for men of color at Texarkana College (TC). ACTIVATE will serve 10-12 students each year with the goal of matriculation at TC. Students in ACTIVATE will be a part of a cohort that seeks to equip them with the necessary skills to be successful both inside and outside of the classroom. ACTIVATE includes mentoring, community engagement, financial literacy training, leadership development, weekly meetings, materials for instruction, and a stipend scholarship. ACTIVATE participants have the opportunity to build communication and relationship skills through peer mentoring and collaboration with Texas A&M University-Texarkana Personal Achievement through Help (PATH) program participants.

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program has a hybrid format.

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

APPROXIMATE PARTICIPANTS SERVED IN 2021-22: 0

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

WEBSITE TO APPLY: www.texarkanacollege.edu/activate

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Student Success, Retention, and TRIO-EOC

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Lee Williams III at lee.williams@texarkanacollege.edu or 9038233016

The Academic Achievers Program (AAP) was established in 1994. The program's mission is to recruit underrepresented students and increase retention and graduation rates. Members of the Academic Achievers Program are provided with an annual scholarship, tutoring, mentoring, time-management skill sessions, career guidance, and leadership skills. The Academic Achievers Program's support services are crucial to the students' ability to remain in college and successfully graduate from the University of Houston.

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: 74

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

WEBSITE TO APPLY: www.uh.edu/class/cmas

EVALUATION STATUS: Data related to program outcomes have been internally collected in the past

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Center for Mexican American and Latino/a Studies

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Fely Aguilar at faguilar@uh.edu or 713-743-0914

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

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 goal of "Advisors on the Loose" is to provide registration and advising information to students, with an objective of registering 80% of currently enrolled students for the subsequent term before the end of the current term. Once registration opens for the subsequent term, advisors begin "Advisors on the Loose." Advisors are provided an iPad. A registration lab is open while "Advisors on the Loose" is being conducted. Advisors, in pairs, go throughout the campus talking with students to inform them registration is open. Advisors are able to check student records by utilizing the iPad. They hand out a snack with registration lab information so students can go to the lab to register. Advisors are also able to connect with students by providing them quick advising information and providing them direction on how to connect with their assigned advisor.

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program is in-person only.

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

APPROXIMATE PARTICIPANTS SERVED IN 2021-22: 894

HOW TO ENROLL: No enrollment is needed

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

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Advising

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Georgia Flores at gflores294@alamo.edu or 210-486-5605

Supplemental Instruction (SI) is an academic assistance program that utilizes peer-assisted study sessions. SI sessions are regularly-scheduled, informal review sessions in which students compare notes, discuss readings, develop organizational tools, and predict test items. Students learn how to integrate course content and study skills while working together. The sessions are facilitated by “SI leaders”, students who have previously done well in the course and who attend all class lectures, take notes, and act as model students. The purpose of SI is to:

-To increase retention within targeted historically difficult courses
-To improve student grades in targeted historically difficult courses
-To increase the graduation rates of 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: Center for Academic Success and Engagement

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: De'Janae Tookes at dejanae_tookes@baylor.edu or (254) 710-8709

Building Bridges to Success (BBS) is part of the nationwide TRIO Student Support Services program funded by the Department of
Education. The BBS program at Galveston College is designed to provide academic and student support services for approximately
206 first-generation, low-income students, and students with disabilities. The goals of BBS are to increase student retention in classes,
completion of certificates and degrees, graduation from college, and transfer to universities. Services include:
-academic advising and degree planning,
-course selection and registration
-academic tutoring
-personal and career guidance
-financial aid and scholarship information
-economic and financial literacy education and resources
-transfer assistance.
Interested students must complete an application to determine eligibility and an orientation to be considered an active participant for the program.

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: 206

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

WEBSITE TO APPLY: https://www.gc.edu/students/trio-programs/building-bridges.php

EVALUATION STATUS: Data related to program outcomes have been internally and externally collected in the past

PRELIMINARY OUTCOMES DATA: In the 2019-2020 academic year, the persistence rate of students serviced by the program was 89%. Additionally, 97% of students in the program were considered in good academic standing at the college.

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Student Services

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Amy Leuchtag at aleuchtag@gc.edu or 4099441297

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)

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Academic Affairs

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

The purpose of the program is to strategically plan how to build capacity and infrastructure for greater use of affordable course materials and open educational resources at Tarleton State University. Through the greater use of affordable course materials and open educational resources, we aim to make college more affordable for students, thereby reducing barriers to persistence and graduation.

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Curriculum and Faculty Affairs

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Lesley Leach or Aimee Shouse at leach@tarleton.edu or 2549689588

This program is to help academically underprepared students to complete their college level Math and English courses within the first two semesters. This is a cohort model where students stay together through their courses. In addition they receive mandatory tutoring and academic coaching that are free of charge. The Early Alert system is also included in this model, and the academic support specialists keep in touch with the students throughout the entire 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)

PROGRAM OUTCOMES: Since the 2017 implementation of the co-requisite model, Math success rates went from 20% to 65% and English success rates went from 35% to 70% average.

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: General Education and Academic Support

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Nadezhda Nazarenko at nnazarenko@alvincollege.edu or 281-756-3725

The Cisco College Dual Credit Student Advising Program Pathways strives to educate high school students and their parents/guardians and counselors about the value (both in time and money) of taking dual credit courses while a student is still in high school. The Dual Credit Counselor provides counseling to students regarding which courses to take and when they should be taken with the goal of achieving an Associate of Arts or an Associate of Science degree before high school graduation or at the very least to complete the Core Curriculum. This counseling can take place electronically via email, by telephone, or in person.

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: Dual Credit Office

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Tianay Bralley at Tianay.Bralley@cisco.edu or 3257944400

Early College High School transfer student initiatives focus on degree attainment with a specific focus on graduating with less debt. To promote degree completion, the program will involve establishing monthly development seminars, parent workshops, social engagement opportunities, financial aid packaging, and data analytics. While this program is administered by a manager, programmatic elements are developed in collaboration with departments across campus.

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program has a hybrid format.

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Enrollment Management

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Clifton Jones at cwjones@tamuct.edu or 2545195424

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

Early Start is a summer bridge program designed to assist incoming freshmen with successfully transitioning from high school to college. All incoming freshmen are eligible, though first-generation and low-income students are especially encouraged to apply. Students enroll in 6 credit-hours of coursework during UNT's 5W2 summer session and live alongside other participants in a designated residence hall. The program offers free room and board, textbooks, and academic supplies. Throughout the session, Early Starters attend weekly workshops focusing on the 7 Habits of Highly Effective College students in addition to community-building events.

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: 27

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

WEBSITE TO APPLY: https://earlystart.unt.edu

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

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Strategic Retention Initiatives

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Harold Woodard at harold.woodard@unt.edu or 940-565-2997

Dual credit biology course is a course that is taught on our high school campus, Arlington College and Career High School. Our campus is an early college high school partnered with the Tarrant County College Southeast Campus. Offering a dual credit biology course on our campus allows our students to take the course in a familiar environment and to easily access extra supports provided by the instructor. The instructor, an embedded dual credit faculty member, meets all SACS requirements to teach the course but is employed by the ISD. She teaches high school science courses as well as dual credit biology.
The goal and objective for offering this course on our campus is to help our students establish a love for science and to continue to pursue courses and career pathways in STEM fields, which is a high needs employment field in Texas.
Our target population are first generation, low income, high school students (dual credit students) who sometimes need a great deal of support and encouragement to help them believe they can achieve. Our dual credit embedded biology instructor, Jennifer Meador, is able to provide the perfect balance of support and rigor that enables students to learn the college readiness skills required to help them succeed. We have seen a large increase in the amount of students who want to pursue STEM careers after taking her course. The impact she has on their progress is creating generational change that will help to further build a talent strong Texas.

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program is in-person only.

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

PROGRAM OUTCOMES: In both the Fall 2021 and Spring 2022 semesters, 96 percent of students enrolled in the embedded dual credit biology course successfully completed the course, earning a C or higher.

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Tarrant County College Southeast Campus

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Ben Bholan at bbholan1@aisd.net or 682-867-9600

The Entering Student Experience supports UTEP students in their first 45 credit hours to build a foundation for their academic excellence and professional success. ESE fosters an inclusive environment to ensure students from diverse backgrounds have a meaningful transition to UTEP.

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program is in-person only.

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

PROGRAM OUTCOMES: The impact of UNIV 1301 is greater on the first-term retentions of students. The impact is that students who take UNIV 1301 are 1.37 times more likely to be retained for high risk students.

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Office of the Provost

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Denise Lujan, Ed.D. at cdlujan@utep.edu or (915) 747-6521

The F1RST program is a four-year comprehensive learning community program for first-generation, Texas residents. During the first year of the program, students live in a living-learning community. The program teaches students college success skills, personal skills, career and internship preparation, and leadership skills while building social and academic connections and belongingness to the campus. The goal of the F1RST program is to increase retention and success rates for first-generation, low-income students. If the student qualifies for financial aid (FAFSA on file, Texas resident, first-generation, family AGI of $50,000 or below) they may be eligible for a grant up to four-years totaling $20,000.

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: 71

HOW TO ENROLL: Participants are contacted at the point of admissions eligibility about the opporutnity to join the learning community. Student then must apply. All eligible are welcome to join after intent application.

EVALUATION STATUS: R_27BBQbat14JLTvV_F1RST Program Presentation Data 2

PRELIMINARY OUTCOMES DATA: The average retention rate for students in F1RST at Galveston College from Fall 2018 to Fall 2020 was 63%, compared to a 60% retention rate for non-F1RST students.

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Center for Academic Learning Support at Texas A&M University - Galveston Campus

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Krista McBrien at kmcbrien@tamug.edu or 409-741-4353

FLEXTech is an innovative program that supports mobility into cybersecurity and information technology by connecting students and employers through networking events, career fairs, mentorship opportunities, and use of career platforms, the program provides career readiness to students through online and in-person learning and assistance with job search strategy, resume assistance, LinkedIn, cover letters, employer research, networking, and developing an understanding of IT and Cybersecurity job fields.

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: 126 program participants have self-reported an IT/Cybersecurity-related job or internship. Preliminary research indicates 85% of Bachelor of Applied Technology-Information Systems Cybersecurity graduates enrolled in the program have attained employment in their field of study versus 63% of students not enrolled in the program. Additional student labor market outcomes continue to be collected.

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Emerging Technical Grants Department

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Tara N. Lewis at tnlewis@collin.edu or 469-365-1809