Minding College Minds
To support a partnership between the Meadows Institute and the Texas Success Center (TSC) to develop an innovative and first-of-its-kind postsecondary mental health and student success framework and curriculum to meet the unique needs of community colleges, with a focus on rural-serving community colleges.
Latino Student Success Funders Group 2024-2025
To support the Latino Student Success Funders Group which brings together funders interested in supporting the success of Latino students.
La Familia
To support an innovative program called La Familia that is part of Texas A&M-San Antonio’s overall goal to support the ASPIRE Network (7 school districts) located on the lower-socioeconomic southside of San Antonio in Bexar County as a way to increase college visibility, increase access to postsecondary education, and empower South Bexar County schools, districts, …
Islander Greater Texas Foundation Scholars Program
To support the GTF Scholars Program which aims to increase the number of Texas early college high school (ECHS) graduates who successfully transition to a four-year institution of higher education and complete a baccalaureate degree.
Investigating the Effectiveness of Learning Frameworks Courses at Supporting Student Success in Texas Public Community Colleges
Learning frameworks courses teach students about the psychology of learning and how to use learning and motivational strategies to support their success in college. The purpose of this project is to investigate the effects of learning frameworks courses on student academic achievement, persistence, and college completion outcomes over a 3-year period for the 2016—2017 cohort …
Integrating Relevant, Data-rich Explorations for Teaching Algebra
To support the Dana Center’s development and implementation of relevant and engaging high-quality, data-rich tasks and embedding them into core curricular resources aligned to Texas Algebra I standards.
Increasing Postsecondary Attainment Rates in Rural West Texas – A Place Based Approach
To support degree attainment among rural West Texas’ underserved and underrepresented students, while contributing toward a developing body of evidence to inform and advance research on rural adult student success.
Improving the Effectiveness of Industry Certification + Certificate/Degree (iC+C/D) Pathways
To support a series of activities to examine and align education and workforce stakeholders’ processes and policies in order to better support low-income and first-generation learners to complete industry certification + certificate/degree (iC+C/D pathways), earn postsecondary credentials of value, and enter the workforce.
Improved Middle and High School Math Instruction through Leadership Development
To support Instruction Partners’ ongoing work with Brownsville ISD instructional leadership, specifically at Lopez Early College High School and Besteiro Middle School, to help principals, assistant principals, and deans to establish and implement a vision for middle- and high-school math instruction that successfully prepares students to succeed in their middle-school, high-school, and post-secondary education; coach …
GTF TAMU Advising Corps 5.0
To support the Texas A&M College Advising Corps to continue reaching students in Bryan ISD and College Station ISD who lack the resources and information necessary to reach higher education, while growing the program into Franklin, Caldwell and Hearne.