Texas Border Business
August 29, 2016 — South Texas College has been selected to participate in a statewide program with the goal to improve students’ transition from public education into community colleges.
Joining Texas Success Center’s Pathways Project, STC looks to assist those students who are on their way to certification, or who are transferring into 4-year institutions towards meaningful careers. STC is among 12 community colleges representing all regions of Texas that have committed to revisiting student success.
“We were pleased to have received competitive applications from community colleges across the state,” said Dr. Cynthia Ferrell, director of the Texas Success Center. “We were very impressed by STC’s application, and the efforts made to date to address the ways students experience higher education in Texas.”
The other colleges chosen to participate in the Texas Pathways Project are: Amarillo College, Austin Community College, Brazosport College, Dallas County Community College District, Grayson College, Houston Community College System, Lone Star College District, McLennan Community College, Midland College, Southwest Texas Junior College, and Temple College.
“STC is committed to creating meaningful and dynamic futures for Texas students,” said STC President Dr. Shirley Reed. “Together with the Pathways Project, we will work not only to advance the mission of the college, which enables student success for all students, will work to create pathways for many other community colleges in Texas.
“STC is proud to be among those leading the way for innovative solutions that will play a significant role for our students who are completing a their credential or transferring to a university,” Dr. Reed said.
The Texas Pathways Project receives its seed funding from the Greater Texas Foundation. Selected colleges will participate in biannual institutes designed to assist participants implement these structured student pathways. The first institute will take place Nov. 2-4, 2016 in Bastrop, Texas at the Hyatt Lost Pines.
The 12 colleges will be joined by participants in the American Association of Community Colleges’ Pathways Project including Alamo Community College, El Paso Community College, Paris Junior College, and San Jacinto College, who were selected to institute pathways on national scale.
“Texas Pathways could not be more aligned with Greater Texas Foundation’s mission to ensure all Texas students are prepared for, have access to, persist in, and complete a postsecondary credential,” said Wynn Rosser, president and CEO for the Greater Texas Foundation. “We are proud to support this work.”
