Student Success Progress

Academic Year 2022–2023

• Established the Division of Student Success by bringing together departments from the Division of Student Affairs and key student service units from University College.
• Convened the Commission on Student Success to develop data-informed retention and graduation strategies.
• Invested $2.25M annually (approximately $11.6M over five years) to expand and institutionalize student success initiatives.
• Acquired EAB Navigate to provide predictive analytics, coordinated advising, and proactive outreach.
• Expanded access to mental health services through a partnership with the Texas State University System, providing students with virtual counseling and telepsychiatry services to increase availability and reduce barriers to care.
• Initiated Phase I of the Hilltop housing project.

Academic Year 2023–2024

Implemented NavigateTXST (EAB) following a spring pilot and full rollout during summer orientation, creating a centralized student success platform that enables students to schedule appointments, track academic progress, communicate with advisors, and access personalized support.  

Expanded faculty participation in early-alert and academic progress reporting initiatives, strengthening timely intervention and coordinated student support.

Acquired two apartment complexes, increasing available housing by 1,078 beds.

Completed National Pan-Hellenic Council representation through the addition of Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc., making TXST one of the few universities in Texas to host all nine Divine Nine organizations.

Qualified for more than $25M in federal transportation funding over multiple years to support the Bobcat Shuttle system, enabling TXST to increase route frequency, expand service capacity, and reduce future transportation costs for students.

Academic Year 2024–2025

Opened two new residence halls in the Hilltop area, adding 1,006 beds and increasing TXST’s total housing inventory to ~9,000 beds.  

Introduced targeted, data-driven interventions through the Bobcats Bounce Back and Just-In-Time programs. Bobcats Bounce Back increased academic recovery rates by 2%, helping nearly 100 additional students return to good academic standing, while Just-In-Time used faculty progress reports and early grade data to reduce academic warnings by 3%, enabling approximately 400 additional students to begin Spring 2025 in good standing.

Scaled coordinated advising and student support services across 12 care units, resulting in more than 83,000 appointments for nearly 31,000 students. Students participating in appointment-based campaigns persisted at an 82.3 percent rate, a 14 percentage-point increase over non-participants.

Established the First-Generation Career Scholars Program through a $600,000 Moody Foundation grant, providing career development, mentoring, and workforce readiness opportunities for first-generation students.  

Surpassed our Capital Campaign goal, raising $275M to empower students and transform lives.

Academic Year 2025–2026

• Expanded pre-enrollment readiness initiatives, including the Texas College Bridge program, reducing the proportion of students requiring developmental coursework from 31% in 2023 to 20% in 2025 and strengthening early academic success.
• Strengthened student persistence efforts through the micro-grant program, providing more than $258,000 in completion and continuation grants to 180 students to address last-mile financial barriers that can delay or prevent degree completion.  
• Enhanced early intervention efforts through the Early Academic Progress initiative, translating faculty feedback into coordinated outreach and support across multiple units. Students flagged during Fall 2025 were retained at an 86 percent rate, resulting in 546 additional students persisting.  
• Expanded the F-to-W initiative, generating nearly 1,500 alerts to identify and support students at risk of course failure before challenges became barriers to success.
• Invested $67,500 in internship scholarships supporting 44 students as they gained hands-on experience, professional skills, and industry connections.  
• Expanded academic support services through the Student Learning Assistance Center, increasing visits by 4%, Supplemental Instruction participation by 39%, and the number of unique students served by 33%.
• Expanded high-impact learning opportunities by supporting 55 faculty members through ACUE training, integrating Grammarly into 153 courses serving more than 2,600 students, and broadening access to career-focused credentials through Coursera Career Academy, which generated more than 9,700 enrollments and 2,800 completions.  
• Advanced TXST's position as an AI-forward institution by piloting an AI course designation, expanding AI resources through the Academic Innovation website, and hosting the AI in Teaching and Learning Symposium, which engaged more than 450 participants from across TXST and the Texas State University System.