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Innovation with Heart: How Texas Community Colleges Are Changing the Student Experience
Community colleges are where many Texans begin their journey to a living-wage career. And Texas community colleges are rising to the challenge to build innovative support structures and programs that help students achieve their wide-ranging educational and career goals. In fact, some of the best, most collaborative, and scalable student
Opportunity Youth: Coming into Focus
In this 2025 update report, we checked back with some of the 80+ participants who attended the 2021 Opportunity Youth (OY) Convening to provide an update on the initiatives that serve opportunity youth. In the intervening years, educators, nonprofits, and funders worked in concert to better serve opportunity youth, even
The Power of Human Connection
This 2024 report details a multiyear, multisource analysis of qualitative data drawn from 225 first-year early college high school graduates who were part of the GTF Scholars Program operating at eight Texas public universities. In their own words, the students described the value of the supports they received from the
Greater Texas Foundation’s commitment to actionable research and impactful programs for student support leads to clear, comprehensive strategies for student success on the ground and in the halls of power.”
— Celina Moreno, IDRA
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