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.
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Are you a first-gen student? It depends who you ask.
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.
UT Success Program Wins National Advising Award
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
UT-Austin’s four-year graduation rate reaches all-time high, despite failing 2012 goal
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.
UT Austin Records Its Highest Four-Year Graduation Rate
The university has made especially noteworthy improvements in the four-year graduation rates of first-generation college students and students eligible for Pell grants.
UT Austin Achieves Highest Four-Year Graduation Rate in its History
The institution credits its improved graduation rates to new student success programs and new ways to analyze student data.