The Texas Success Center is excited to announce the winners of the 2021 Texas Pathways Awards. The Center honored the exemplary work of six colleges for their implementation and scaling of guided pathways. Awardees were celebrated in Dallas, Texas at the Texas Pathways Institute: Onboarding Reimagined with 440 attendees representing Texas colleges statewide. This year’s recipients include Central Texas College, Kilgore College, Tyler Junior College, Texarkana College, Temple College, and Ranger College. In addition to these six institutions, twelve colleges were recognized for their outstanding innovation in the Texas Reskilling and Upskilling through Education (TRUE) program.
Learn more about these exemplar institutions below.
Texas Reskilling & Upskilling through Education
Colleges recognized for TRUE innovation: Alamo Colleges District, Amarillo College, Austin Community
Austin, TX -- The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) has awarded $26 million in grant funding to 46 public junior colleges, public state colleges, and public technical colleges across Texas to support students impacted by COVID-19. Institutions may use the Texas Reskilling and Upskilling through Education (TRUE) Institutional Capacity Grants to rapidly create, expand, or redesign short-term postsecondary workforce credentials and training programs in high-demand occupational areas.
“The COVID-19 pandemic clearly demonstrated how quickly specific jobs and necessary skills can change. We need to get our Texas students and displaced workers onto a fast track to lasting careers that equip them for greater economic mobility,” said Commissioner of Higher Education Harrison Keller. “We applaud our two-year institutions for committing to this challenge and are grateful to the
The Texas Success Center is pleased to announce Christine Bailie as the new Director of Institutional Strategy.
Christine Bailie has worked broadly in the field of education for 20+ years teaching, leading education initiatives, conducting policy work, designing and sharing findings of research studies, and facilitating cross-sector regional partnerships to strengthen and align P-16 pathways. Her expertise in policy and practice encompasses college and career readiness, systems change, 60x30TX, career pathway alignment, math pathway alignment, dual credit expansion, equitable college access, and degree completion. Her data expertise includes mixed-methods studies with a strong focus to support the success of underrepresented and minoritized students, data sharing to drive action toward change, and professional development to build a data-informed region, and national presentations
Austin – Texas Association of Community Colleges’ Texas Success Center was selected by Lumina Foundation to join the Racial Equity for Adult Credentials in Higher Education (REACH) Collaborative, a national initiative focused on helping thousands more Black, Hispanic, Latino, and Native American adults earn credentials.A total of48 community colleges in Texas will participate in the collaborative, creating pathways from quality credentials to associates programs that embed culturally sustaining practices and sequenced student supports.
Persistent structural barriers continue to limit education and training opportunities and outcomes for adults of color. Pathways created through the REACH Collaborative will lead to quality short-term credentials that align with associate degree programs, making it possible for Black, Hispanic, Latino, and Native American adults to pursue better job
AUSTIN, TX – The Texas Association of Community Colleges (TACC) joins the Texas Business Leadership Council (TBLC) in applauding Texas Governor Greg Abbott who Friday named members to the Texas Commission on Community College Finance, an entity established by SB 1230 (87-R). Twelve college, business, and policy leaders will comprise the commission, which is charged with making recommendations to establish a state funding formula sufficient for sustaining viable community college education that is aligned with the state’s higher education goals.
TACC and TBLC especially laud the appointment of Woody L. Hunt, chairman at Hunt Companies Inc. and co-chair of TACC’s Business Advisory Council, as the commission’s presiding officer.
“I am honored to serve as chair of a commission tasked with this historic work,” says Mr. Hunt. “As Texas businesses and policy leaders look to the future
