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Honor to Serve TX Community Colleges
TACC 2019
THANK YOU: We're grateful to serve 50 community college districts across the great state of Texas! #TXcommunitycolleges #WeServeAllTexans #dualcreditworks #WePutTexanstoWork
Percentages and characteristics of trad and non-trad students, 2016
TACC 2019
The majority of students we serve are nontraditional and the @USGAO's report on the pervasiveness of #foodinsecurity across college campuses reinvigorates our commitment to meet students where they are! Read more: https://www.gao.gov/assets/700/696254.pdf … #WeServeAllTexans
Amarillo College Leah Meyer Austin Award
TACC 2019
Congratulations: @AmarilloCollege was named one of 2019 Leah Meyer Austin Award winners for @AchieveTheDream! Selected and honored for showing measurable improvement in student outcomes driven by top-to-bottom cultural change in the institution. Read more: https://www.achievingthedream.org/news/17621/two-community-colleges-receive-national-award-for-improvements-in-student-success …
Defining OER
TACC 2019
Open Eductional Resources (#OER) create equal access to high quality instructional materials for students. #TXcommunitycolleges advocate for ALL who desire to learn despite their finacial status. Read more on the effect textbook prices have on students: https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/3/6/18252322/college-textbooks-cost-expensive-pearson-cengage-mcgraw-hill …
Congrats Palo Alto: Aspen Award
TACC 2019
Congratulations @PACPR for being named a Rising Star by @AspenInstitute for Community College Excellence @AspenHigherEd #AspenPrize #WeServeAllTexans
TX community colleges are supported by 3 sources
TACC 2019
The number of Texans enrolled in community colleges has roughly doubled since 1990, & we play a key role in the state's workforce development & educational attainment goals. Let's continue serving all Texans by keeping #TXcommunitycolleges the 3rd most affordable in the Nation!
Forging Pathways to Purposeful Work: The Role of Higher Education
Gallup & Bates College
Don't Stop Improving: Supporting Data-Driven Continuous Improvement in College Student Outcomes
The Institute for College Access & Success (2019)
A Mind at Work: Maximizing the Relationship Between Mindset and Student Success
Center for Community College Student Engagement (2019)
The State of American Higher Education Outcomes in 2019
Third Way (2019)
60x30TX: Texas Higher Education Strategic Plan 2015-2030
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (2015)
De la Ciudad a la Frontera: Advancing Latino Male Students in Border and Urban Regions in Texas
The University of Texas at Austin (2019)
Emerging Issues in Mathematics Pathways: Case Studies, Scans of the Field, and Recommendations
Charles A. Dana Center at the University of Texas at Austin (2019)
How Aligned is Career and Technical Education to Local Labor Markets?
Thomas B. Fordham Institute (2019)
Modernizing College Course Placement by Using Multiple Measures
Education Commission of the States & Center for the Analysis of Postsecondary Readiness (2019)
Relationship Between Educational Attainment and Labor Utilization
U.S. Department of Education (2019)
Policy Toolkit: Today's Students
Higher Learning Advocates (2019)
Let's Celebrate Community College Month
TACC 2019
April is #CommunityCollegeMonth & we're excited to showcase all of the amazing work happening at #TXcommunitycolleges. We are affordable, relevant and meet students where they are; no matter your location, heritage or economic status--we are here to serve you! #WeServeAllTexans