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2018

More Than 20% of UT Undergrads are First-Generation College Students

November 14, 2018

UT joined colleges and universities across the country to #celebratefirstgen by hosting its inaugural on-campus event.

Posted in 2018, News, UT News

‘I’m here. I did it.’: UT celebrates First-Generation College Celebration Day

November 8, 2018

The celebration was hosted by the First-Generation Commitment Working Group, an organization dedicated to increasing campus-wide support for first-generation students, in order to provide these students the opportunities to network with each other as well as faculty and staff.

Posted in 2018, News, The Daily Texan

Are you a first-gen student? It depends who you ask.

October 24, 2018

Cassandre Alvarado, director of UT’s Student Success Initiatives office, co-chairs UT’s new working group on first-generation students. She said the University is moving to be more inclusive and allow self-identifying first-generation students to access resources on campus.

Posted in 2018, News, The Daily Texan

UT Success Program Wins National Advising Award

October 1, 2018

For the second year in a row, a program in The University of Texas at Austin’s Student Success Initiatives (SSI) has won a National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) award — this year in the technology category. The Monitoring Advising Analytics to Promote Success (MAAPS) team was honored with the Advising Technology Innovation Award at the 2018 NACADA

Posted in 2018, News, Student Success Initiatives

UT-Austin’s four-year graduation rate reaches all-time high, despite failing 2012 goal

September 28, 2018

The four year-graduation rate has continued to increase because of new student success programs, including a greater emphasis on graduating in four years, data analysis of course progression among students and the creation of multiple groups on campus for first-years.

Posted in 2018, News, The Daily Texan

UT Austin Records Its Highest Four-Year Graduation Rate

September 27, 2018

The university has made especially noteworthy improvements in the four-year graduation rates of first-generation college students and students eligible for Pell grants.

Posted in 2018, News, UT News

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