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STRATEGIC GOALS
UTEP’s path to becoming a major research university is unique. It is one of the only universities in America that has become a highly productive research university while maintaining its commitment to educate students who historically have been underserved by higher education. UTEP chooses to be judged not by whom it excludes, but by whom it includes and their success. As a result, it has become a nationally recognized model. A key factor in this transformation is UTEP’s commitment to be a learning organization that has created internal systems for self-study. UTEP will take a national leadership role and facilitate learning to improve higher education for underrepresented students and under-resourced regions nationwide.
Through the Diana Natalicio Institute for Hispanic Student Success, launched in 2022, UTEP will lead knowledge creation, partnerships, and application of effective student success practices.
UTEP will continue to share our work on ensuring access and success for Hispanic, first-generation, and low-income students, and those from other backgrounds who have been traditionally underrepresented in higher education. We will continue to host national and international researchers and practitioners who are interested in specific aspects of our approach to student success and regional impact. We will also share information about UTEP’s approach through conferences and forums. UTEP will use its resources and connections with other professional organizations to convene special conferences related to administration of minority-serving institutions, and success of low-income and first-generation students.
UTEP’s efforts to develop new approaches to student success can be replicated and adapted at other institutions. UTEP will continue to secure resources from foundations and other sources to undertake joint studies with institutions that successfully serve underrepresented students, yielding more robust insights for all higher education institutions across the nation.
A founding member of the Alliance for Hispanic Serving Research Universities (HSRU), UTEP serves as a living laboratory for faculty and staff to learn from, apply, and advance evidence-based practices focused on Hispanic-serving institutions, student success, and higher education policy. The Natalicio Institute has organized leaders from UTEP to design and launch a Latino Student Success Institute to disseminate best practices. UTEP will continue to serve as a resource for administrators from other institutions on practices that serve Hispanic, first-generation, low-income, and other students who have been underrepresented in higher education.