U-T Tyler Receives Funds to Boost Student Success

AUSTIN – Five University of Texas institutions will receive $8.2 million allocated by the UT System Board of Regents. The money will fund innovative campus-based projects designed to enhance student success. The University of Texas at Tyler will receive $803,234 to support OnCourse. The school says this is a suite of course-level supports to increase first-year GPA and retention of first-time, full-time freshmen at UT Tyler. Through a competitive process, the UT’s academic institutions prepared grant proposals. The proposals were were evaluated by higher education experts outside of Texas as well as outside the UT System. Other grants are going to U-T schools in Dallas, San Antonio, El Paso and the Rio Grand Valley.