Student Success Task Force
Charge
The Student Success Task Force will develop an integrated student success plan that includes goals, metrics, accountability and self-assessment. The plan will adopt a student-focused strategy and consider a pipeline continuum from K-12 through recruitment, enrollment, academic progress, career services and placement. This task force will build upon the foundational excellence of a Title IV grant received from the U.S. Department of Education in 2015 to begin UTSA's PIVOT program. The group is charged with examining best practices from other institutions and think expansively about administrative structure, accountability and resources.
Strategic Plan Midpoint Update (Fall 2022)
Student Success advances innovative programs and services to provide students with comprehensive resources and equitable opportunities that nurture academic, personal, and career growth. We identify and promote evidence-based practices to cultivate a collaborative ecosystem of support that connects, empowers, and equips students to be lifelong learners and active citizens.
Since 2017, Student Success has been a top strategic priority for UTSA and leadership has been provided by Kimberly Andrews Espy, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, and a team led by Tammy Wyatt, Vice Provost for Student Success.
To plan our data-informed strategy, UTSA engaged the national firm EAB to identify opportunities to strengthen student retention and graduation rates. This information led to the creation of an integrated student success plan that includes programs and services across:
- Academic Advising
- Academic Support
- Success Coaching
- First-Gen Student Support
- Transfer Student Support
- Housing & Residential Life
- Student Success Centers across all Colleges
- Foster Care Initiatives
These approaches have positively impacted the student experience and led to significant gains in both first-year retention and improved graduation rates. Today, UTSA’s student success programs have become a widely-replicated national model.
This Initiative Supports Strategic Destinations
Destination One: Model for Student Success
- Integrated Student Success Plan
August 2018 - Fall 2016 Housing Comparison
November 8, 2017 - Student Success Goals: First-Year Retention, Four-Year Graduation Rates and Six-Year Graduation Rates
September 6, 2018 - Student Success Initiative Town Hall Presentation
March 19 & 22, 2018 - EAB Leading Change Guide
February 27 & 28, 2018 - Student Success Recommendations
February 13, 2018 - EAB Visit to UTSA – Onsite Agenda
January 30-31, 2018 - President’s Student Success Task Force Kick-Off Meeting
October 30, 2017 - EAB Student Success Task Force Working Session
November 9, 2017 - EAB UTSA Final Agenda
November 8 & 9, 2017 - Background Reading: Ventajas/Assets y Conocimientos/Knowledge: Leveraging Latin@ Strengths to Foster Student Success
December 2017 - EAB Diagnostic Report
November 2017 - EAB Onsite One Agenda
January 9-10, 2018 - EAB Presentation
January 10, 2018
- Launch Task Force
mid-October 2017 - Work with consultant on campus visit
early-November 2017 - Integrate with other two task forces
December 2017 - Draft report
January 2018 - Final report with implementation projects
March 2018 - Town Halls
Monday, March 19 | 4:00 – 5:30 p.m. | Denman Room, UC 2.01.28 | Main Campus
Thursday, March 22 | 4:00 – 5:30 p.m. | Location: TBD | Downtown Campus
