Documents
Here you'll find documents and other materials prepared by the Graduation Initiative. Organized by category, each document has a brief description of its contents. Categories include:
- Graduation Improvement Plans
- Brochures & Program Documentation
- Reports & Presentations
- Newsletters
- Fact Sheets
- Forms
Graduation Improvement Plans
Here you'll find copies of the graduation improvement plans for the university and the individual colleges. The college graduation improvement plans presented here differ slightly from those originally agreed upon by the colleges. These documents omit details from the analysis and recommendation stage of our research effort. This process was preliminary and represented what is essentially a first draft of the document. Since the intent here lies in sharing those actions the colleges have agreed to pursue in overcoming barriers to graduation, we have omitted that preliminary information.
UTSA Graduation Improvement Plan - The institutional plan drafted by the Graduation Initiative focuses on university-wide or systemic barriers to graduation and suggestions for reducing or overcoming those barriers. Published July, 2008.
COA Graduation Improvement Plan - This College of Architecture plan published December 2009.
COB Graduation Improvement Plan - The College of Business plan published June 2008.
COE Graduation Improvement Plan - The College of Engineering plan published July 2008.
COEHD Graduation Improvement Plan - The College of Education and Human Development plan published April 2008.
COLFA Graduation Improvement Plan - The College of Liberal and Fine Arts plan published June 2008.
COPP Graduation Improvement Plan - The College of Public Policy plan published May 2008.
COS Graduation Improvement Plan - The College of Sciences plan published June 2008.
Brochures & Program Documentation
Brochures and other informative documents about the Graduation Initiative and our various programs.
Graduation Initiative: A Diploma in Your Future - A general brochure describing the mission, history, and activities of the Graduation Initiative.
Reports & Presentations
A selection of reports and presentations created by the Graduation Initiative.
Graduation Initiative Multi-level Intervention Model - Graphic depicting the the types of interventions used by the Graduation Initiative and their relative impact upon the university's six-year graduation rate.
Beyond the First Year Retention: The Graduation Initiative - Paper on the development and first-year implementation of the UTSA Graduation Initiative. Presented at the Fourth Annual CSRDE National Symposium on Student Retention. Published September, 2008.
Beyond the First Year Retention (CSRDE Presentation) - Slides to accompany presentation of the "Beyond the First Year Retention: The Graduation Initiative" paper at the Fourth Annual CSRDE National Symposium on Student Retention. Published September, 2008.
Raising Graduation Rates: Policies and Opinions - An overview of mainly state-level policies steering the drive to improve retention and graduation rates. Includes commentary from the Graduation Initiative's Kristi Meyer. Published August, 2008.
Newsletters
Current and back issues of the Graduation Initiative's newsletter, Fifty-three, are available on our Newsletters page.
Fact Sheets
Fact Sheets are single-page presentations of interseting facts, data, or information related to higher education retention and graduation. The Graduation Initiative produces Fact Sheets continuously throughout the year and new sheets are added regularly to our Fact Sheets page.
Forms
The following forms are for use by students enrolled in Graduation Initiative Late Intervention programs.
Students Starting at UTSA in Fall 2006 - invitation letters have been sent to this cohort of students as of March 7, 2011. Please use the GIA Enrollment Agreement & Course Plan form to apply for our Graduation Incentive Award grant:
Students must be able to gradute no later than August 2012.
- GIA Enrollment Agreement & Course Plan - Graduation Incentive Award (GIA) enrollment forms required of student participants in the Late Intervention program. Participation in the program is by invitation in early March, 2011, and limited to student members of the 2006 UTSA cohort of first-time full-time students.
- GIA Course Plan Revision Form - Graduation Incentive Award (GIA) form to revise the originally submitted course plan and resubmit to the GI Office.