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Center For Student Success


Welcome to the College of Education Center for Student Success (CSS). Whether you are aspiring to become an elementary, middle, or high school teacher, our mission at the CSS is to provide you with the guidance and resources you will need to help you complete your academic training and set you on track to a successful career. Our team of professional advisors is well versed in the field of education and understands first-hand the demands facing 21st century educators. We consider those demands and your academic needs as we aim to improve the service and training we provide you and other future educators.

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Jesús Cisneros, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Educational Leadership and Foundations at The University of Texas at El Paso (left), and Azuri González, Ed.D., of UTEP and the Alliance of Hispanic Serving Research Universities (right), co-lead a project funded by a nearly $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation that will explore how colleges and universities can help low-income students pursue graduate degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

NSF Awards UTEP-led Team Nearly $3 Million to Build Pathways to Grad School for Low-income Students

EL PASO, Texas (Oct. 20, 2026) – The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded nearly $3 million to a team led by The University of Texas at El Paso to explore how colleges and universities can help low-income students pursue graduate degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). The funding will support the launch of the S-STEM Hub: Translating Undergraduate Success into Graduate Opportunity, a five-year national research collaborative.

Clifton Tanabe, Ph.D., dean of the UTEP College of Education, addresses a cohort of students in the Miner Teacher Residency program. Teachers prepared through the residency are boosting student learning, outperforming the average Texas teacher and staying in the classroom longer than their peers, according to a new policy brief from Texas Tech University’s Center for Innovative Research in Change, Leadership & Education.

Study Finds UTEP's Miner Teacher Residents Outperform K-12 Teachers Statewide

EL PASO, Texas (Oct. 1, 2026) – Teachers prepared through The University of Texas at El Paso's Miner Teacher Residency are boosting student learning, outperforming the average Texas teacher and staying in the classroom longer than their peers, according to a new policy brief from Texas Tech University's Center for Innovative Research in Change, Leadership & Education.

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College of Education
Education Building, Room 412
500 W University
El Paso, Texas 79902

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