GREATER TEXAS FOUNDATION ESTABLISHES STATE’S FIRST ECHS SCHOLARSHIP FUND

BRYAN, TX – Greater Texas Foundation (GTF) today announced a financial commitment of more than $3 million to establish the state’s first scholarship program designed specifically for the growing number of early college high school (ECHS) graduates in Texas. Working with five state universities, the GTF Scholars: Early College High School Transfer Scholarship and …

New GTF Building to be LEED Certified

In 2010, Greater Texas Foundation set out to do something no one else had done – design and build the first LEED Gold Certified facility in Bryan, Texas. The building is now complete and is also one of the first LEED buildings constructed in the Brazos Valley. “LEED” is an …

Foundation Takes a South Texas Learning Tour

Greater Texas Foundation recently completed a six-month planning process in which the foundation examined current and projected educational needs in Texas and how the foundation’s efforts might be best aligned to address them.  Through this process, we learned a great deal about the challenges Texas students face on the road …

Greater Texas Foundation Announces New Strategic Plan

Greater Texas Foundation recently completed a six-month planning process, under the guidance of FSG Social Impact Advisors, in which the foundation examined current and projected educational needs in Texas and how the foundation’s efforts might be best aligned to address them.  Through this process, we learned a great deal about …

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GREATER TEXAS FOUNDATION ESTABLISHES STATE’S FIRST ECHS SCHOLARSHIP FUND

BRYAN, TX – Greater Texas Foundation (GTF) today announced a financial commitment of more than $3 million to establish the state’s first scholarship program designed specifically for the growing number of early college high school (ECHS) graduates in Texas. Working with five state universities, the GTF Scholars: Early College High School Transfer Scholarship and Retention Program is expected to provide financial assistance to more than 700 students over the next six years from the more than 40 early college high schools statewide.  … Continue Reading

GTF commits $500,000 over three years to 100kin10 STEM education initiative

September 9, 2011 Home, Math and Science for Post-Secondary Readiness, News Comments Off

In August, GTF committed $500,000 to support 100kin10, a coalition of dozens of organizations led by Carnegie Corporation of New York to increase the number of qualified teachers (100,000 in 10 years), retain top performing teachers, and build a movement to improve STEM education in the U.S.

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GTF awards $150,000 to Valley Initiative for Development and Advancement (VIDA)

September 9, 2011 Home, News No Comments

In July, Greater Texas Foundation awarded $150,000 to Valley Initiative for Development and Advancement (VIDA) for 20 low-income residents of the Rio Grande Valley to receiving training and education in high demand occupations. VIDA combines financial assistance with wrap around support services — including an intensive single-semester developmental education sequence in partnership with South Texas College — for the underserved adults who are motivated to attend college. With the funds received from the GTF, VIDA participants will receive need-based financial support including tuition, fees, books, childcare, transportation and emergency assistance. … Continue Reading

GTF Blog Series

Making the promise of upward mobility through education a reality, by Dr. Uri Treisman, Founder and Director, Charles A. Dana Center, UT Austin

Dr. Uri Tresiman is professor of mathematics and of public affairs at The University of Texas at Austin. He is the founder and director of the University’s Charles A. Dana Center, an organized research unit of the College of Natural Sciences. To learn more about Dr. Treisman and his work, click here.   In …

Educate Texas’s Statewide STEM Strategy and STEM Districts, by Dr. Reo Pruiett, Program Officer at Educate Texas

Dr. Reo Pruiett is a program officer for the T-STEM Initiative at Educate Texas (formerly Texas High School Project). To learn more about Educate Texas and Dr. Pruiett’s work, visit www.thsp.org. According to the Alliance for Science & Technology Research in America, 2011: Between 2008 and 2018, new jobs in …

Mathematics for Postsecondary Readiness and Success, featuring special guest blogger Michael Collins, Associate Vice President, Postsecondary State Policy, Jobs for the Future

Our first guest blogger is Michael Collins, Associate VP, Postsecondary State Policy at Jobs for the Future.  To learn more from Mr. Collins and his work, follow him on Twitter @mikejff and read other publications he has authored at  www.jff.org.   In my role at Jobs for the Future (JFF) over …

Mathematics for Postsecondary Readiness and Success

Texas and the United States face significant barriers to increasing the number of students who are prepared for postsecondary education and earn postsecondary credentials. In particular, lack of alignment in curriculum and expectations between K-12 and postsecondary education can substantially impede students’ academic preparedness for college, which often leads to …

Math Readiness Blog Series

Check back the week of December 5, 2011 for the first post in a series of posts about math readiness

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