Projects & Initiatives
Below are highlights of special grants, initiatives, and targeted efforts involving Enrollment Management.
Best in the West 2009-2011
UNT named one of ‘Best in the West’ by 'Princeton Review'
Collin Higher Education Center (CHEC)
In an effort to reach more degree-seeking North Texans, the University of North Texas has partnered with Collin College to offer five degrees at the Collin Higher Education Center (CHEC) in McKinney. UNT offers one bachelor’s degree, two master’s degrees, and two doctoral degrees at the CHEC. UNT and Collin College have an agreement that allows students to easily transfer into a four-year degree program at UNT, and UNT is the second highest transfer destination for Collin College students. The CHEC will facilitate the completion of bachelor’s and graduate degrees for Collin County’s more than 760,000 residents. For more information, please see http://www.collin.edu/chec
Terry Foundation
UNT is a partner with the Terry Foundation, which ensures full scholarships to top students showing high promise to become Texas’ future leaders. To find out more about the Terry Foundation, click here or read the press release here.
2008 & 2009 Star Award Recipient
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On December 2, 2008, UNT was a recipient of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Star Award. Our nomination was for “University-wide Enrollment Management.” Since the Closing the Gaps initiative began, UNT has led the state in increased enrollment, degree completion, and student diversity. This award is a compliment to the work of many individuals and departments. Awards like these are earned by all and shared by all. To find out more about the 2008 Star Award, please click here. The University of North Texas has earned its third consecutive Texas Higher Education Star Award signifying its advances in meeting the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board's Closing the Gaps program. UNT's Emerald Eagle Scholars programs earned the award for the university's work to ensure the university is among the leaders in Texas in increasing enrollment and the number of degrees awarded. To find out more about the 2009 Star Award, please click here. |
CollegeKeys Compact™
UNT is an Early Adopter of the College Board’s CollegeKeys Compact ™.
The University of North Texas has become the first college or university in the Dallas-Fort Worth region to sign the College Board’s CollegeKeys Compact, a commitment to assist students from low-income families to have access to and succeed in college. Details about the Compact can be found on the College Board website or from the press release here.
Veteran Services
2010 Best for Vets
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DENTON (UNT), Texas – The University of North Texas has been selected as the sixth best school for student veterans by Military Times EDGE, which recently released a "Best for Vets: Colleges 2010" list. UNT was ranked first among Texas schools. Military Times EDGE, part of Military Times Newspapers, selected its 101 best schools for veterans from a pool of more than 4,000 institutions. The pool of colleges and universities were evaluated based on four categories: financial assistance, academic flexibility, campus culture and support services, with each school receiving up to five stars in each category. |
Access & Success for our Troops
UNT's Enrollment Management division leads a campaign to enhance services for veterans and their families.
For years UNT has provided excellent service to veteran students through the registrar, financial aid, and student accounting offices. Regular state audits of these services had held UNT's work in high regard. In 2008 UNT conducted a self-study initiated by the Enrollment Management division to determine how this base could be built upon and expanded, particularly in light of the upcoming expansion of GI Bill benefits. Several outcomes resulted, including the formation of the Veteran's Center, the establishment of a campus-wide advisory group, and the hosting of a multi-institution, region-wide veterans student support conference.
2010 Combat to Campus Symposium
The Office of Enrollment Management and the Department of Rehabilitation, Social Work and Addictions were awarded the Wells Fargo Grant which enabled UNT to host the 2010 Combat to Campus Symposium. The symposium successfully showcased UNT's commitment to our veterans and the innovative ways in which we are facilitating their access to collegiate success.
UNT accomplished the four objectives that were established for the symposium:
- To invite dialogue about “best practices” in order to leverage the combined strengths of post-secondary institutions and community organizations in holistic service to student veterans and their families;
- To engage in conversation that stimulates creative thought about processes and programming that ensure the access to academic success of veterans and their families;
- To learn more about the various community resources and agencies serving veterans and their families in the region and across the state;
- To establish a state and regional network of higher education staff and faculty and professionals who work directly with veterans and their families.
Please call our offices for further information. Ask for Sarah Collins (940) 565-4634.
Emerald Eagle Scholars Program
http://www.unt.edu/emeraldeaglescholars
Begun in the Fall 2007, this new student success program allows talented undergraduate students from families with adjusted gross incomes below $40,000 to earn bachelor’s degrees without the cost of tuition and fees getting in the way.
Enrollment Management Committee
The Enrollment Management Committee is charged with:
Providing a mechanism for campus-wide communication of enrollment issues, problems, strategies and priorities.
Reviewing the University’s enrollment management efforts and plans.
Ensuring compliance with HB 1678 and the Coordinating Board to “develop and annually update a uniform strategy to identify, attract, enroll and retain students who reflect the population of the state.”
Participating in the identification of and recommendations for a new state-of-the-art administrative information system platform that includes a comprehensive student data management and tracking system to monitor and communicate with students throughout recruitment and enrollment.
Grants Awarded
Grantor: U.S. Department of Education
Child Care Access Means Parents In School (CCAMPIS)
UNT, through the Office of Enrollment Management, has received nearly $800,000 to support initiatives aimed at improving the accessibility and quality of child care available to UNT's student parents. The grant, awarded through the U.S. Department of Education's Child Care Access Means Parents In School (CCAMPIS) program, will be distributed over four years. CCAMPIS is a program for student parents that encourages the completion of a college degree by providing funding for a portion of the students' child care expenses. UNT students with young children who are Pell grant eligible may apply for a CCAMPIS Grant. The grant also will provide parenting workshops for parents receiving assistance.
Additionally, the grant will allow UNT to help improve the quality of child care available in Denton. More than 50 state-licensed child care facilities are located within a 10-mile radius of the UNT Denton campus; however, none of those facilities have national accreditation. Dr. Carol Hagen, director of UNT's Child Development Laboratory, and a team of doctoral students will help community facilities earn accreditation from the National Accreditation Commission for Early Care and Education Programs. For program details, please see http://childcare.unt.edu/
Grantor: Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board is dedicated to helping Texas meet the goals of the state’s higher education plan, Closing the Gaps by 2015.
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College Connections 2+2+2 Grant Program
UNT has received a federal College Access Challenge Grant (CACG) through the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) College Connection 2+2+2 program. UNT was awarded $270,000 over two years to work with community college transfer students to increase student support and success. UNT will partner with four community college systems for the THECB College Connections 2+2+2 Program: North Central Texas College (NCTC), Collin College, Weatherford College, and Tarrant County College. Each of these community college systems currently works with high school students to connect them to community colleges. With the College Connection 2+2+2 program, UNT will partner with these community colleges to connect community college students to four-year institutions.
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G-Force Student Outreach Grant
The UNT Center for Outreach and Community Involvement (COCI) is the recipient of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board’s G-Force Work Study Mentorship Grant. The $117,000 grant supports mentoring and tutoring services by UNT’s Collegiate G-Force. G-Force members supervise Go Centers (college preparation offices) in eight regional high schools and provide college enrollment guidance and support to over 1000 students in 9th-12th grade. G-Force members meet regularly with students and work closely with high school administrators, counselors and student leaders to develop a college-going culture and to ensure the success of the program. Participating high schools include Aubrey, Decatur, L.G. Pinkston (Dallas ISD), Denton and Ryan (Denton ISD), Diamond Hill-Jarvis and O.D. Wyatt (Forth Worth ISD), and Wakeland (Frisco ISD).
Past Grants
- Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Summer Bridge Grants
- Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Developmental Education Intensive Program Grant
Grantor: Greater Texas Foundation
Early College High School Program
UNT has been selected by the Greater Texas Foundation as one of five universities in the state to receive scholarship funds to support early college high school students. UNT will receive $605,000 over six years and will participate in a statewide consortium to enhance ECHS student success. There are currently six ECHS campuses in the DFW metroplex, and more than 50 throughout the state. UNT will support students from the metroplex and across the state in the GTF Scholars program.
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Rising to the Challenge Transfer Scholarships
To help encourage and support students making the transition from a community college setting to a four-year institution of higher learning, Greater Texas Foundation sponsors the Rising to the Challenge Scholarship Program. This program will provide grants totaling $25,000 to UNT Transfer Students. UNT matches this funding at 20%, bringing the total to $30,000.
Generation Proud Scholarships for First-Generation Students
To help encourage and support first-generation students who are active members of the G-Force. G-Force members supervise Go Centers in eight regional high schools and provide college enrollment guidance support to stud net in 9th-12th grade. Greater Texas Foundation sponsors the Generation Proud Scholarships Program. This program will provide grants totaling $25,000 to UNT first-generation G Force members. UNT matches this funding at 20%, bringing the total to $30,000.
Grantor: Texas Guaranteed Public Benefit Program
Since 2005, TG has awarded nearly $10 million in grant funding through the TG Public Benefit Competitive Grant Program. Information on the program guidelines, deadlines, and a listing of prior awards made are all available on their website.
Soaring Higher Transfer Scholarships
This scholarship program proposes to provide financial assistance to community college students who are first-generation with high financial need, have earned at least 45 credits within two years of high school graduation, and are concurrent admission participants of Collin County Community College, Dallas County Community College, Hill College, and/or North Central Texas College.
Outreach/ Go Centers Grant
Study of College-Going Culture in Urban High Schools
This project will explore college access and retention among first-generation college students from groups that are traditionally underrepresented in higher education through interlocking studies of students and graduates of six urban high schools.A Model for Building a Pipeline for College Enrollment and Persistence
This project aims to improve access and increase participation in higher education through four initiatives: 1) financial and academic support to current community college and university students; 2) current college students working with high school students on their respective campuses through a "College Knowledge" curriculum; 3) summer residential program for 240 students who have completed the "College Knowledge" curriculum; and 4) training college students to serve as G-Force members in continuing years.
Grantor: The Center for Enrollment Research, Policy, and Practice (CERPP)
The University of North Texas is one of only seven universities in the nation to receive a research grant to explore student access to higher education, as well as ways universities help students to be more successful in college. The grant is from the University of Southern California’s Center for Enrollment Research, Policy and Practice (CERPP), which serves as the nation’s hub for enrollment management issues and research.