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Graduation Initiative Fall Newsletter Available
10/29/2009
The Graduation Initiative has released its fall newsletter. This issue of Fifty-three contains stories about our students, updates on programs, an overview of state legislation affecting higher education and more.

Graduation Initiative Program Selected as Finalist for THECB Star Award
10/22/2009
The Graduation Initiative's Late Intervention program has been selected as a finalist for the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board's 2009 Star Award. Winners will be announced in Dallas on December 4.

Graduation Initiative Launches Welcome Back Program
10/6/2009
Recently, the Graduation Initiative launched its newest program, Welcome Back which encourages students who left UTSA to return to campus to earn their undergraduate degree.

Profile of Successful Pell Grant Recipients
7/21/2009
The U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics recently released a report looking at the time to bachelor's degree completion along with early enrollment in graduate school for recipients of Pell Grants.

Education Sector report
on Higher Education Accountability Systems
7/6/2009
At the end of June, Education Sector released their report, Ready to Assemble: Grading State Higher Education Accountability Systems. The report provides an overview of the methodology used in assessing the systems used and information provided on higher education accountability by all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Texas (along with 9 other states) was found to be a "Best Practice" state. Individual reports for each state, D.C., and P.R. can be found on the Education Sector web site.

New Report on Financial Attitudes and Behaviors of College Students
6/15/2009
The Arizona Pathways to Life Success for University Students (APLUS) at the University of Arizona recently published their latest results from a longitudinal study of college students and the impact of their financial behaviors on academic performance and other life activities.

Department of Education Report on Trends in Reading and Mathematics Preparation
5/04/2009
In April, the Institute of Education Sciences: National Center for Education Statistics of the Department of Education released a report detailing longitudinal trend assessments in reading and math for elementary and secondary school students, an important factor in preparation for college-level work. Generally positive over the long-term (mid-seventies to present), showing increases in student performance, shorter-term results for math have remained fairly flat.

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