Projects & Initiatives
Below are highlights of special grants, initiatives, and targeted efforts involving Enrollment Management.
2008 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. |
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 at: http://professionals.collegeboard.com/policy-advocacy/access/collegekeys and at http://web3.unt.edu/news/story.cfm?story=11123
Access & Success for our Troops
UNT's Enrollment Management division led a campaign to enhance services for 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.
Click here to watch a video from UNT's Emerald Eagle Scholar Cirzy Gonzalez.
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: Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/
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.
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).
Grantor: Greater Texas Foundation
http://greatertexasfoundation.org/default.aspx
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
http://www.tgslc.org/publicbenefit/
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)
http://www.usc.edu/programs/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.
Past Grants Include:
- Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Summer Bridge Grants
- Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Developmental Education Intensive Program Grant