UTEP, El Paso Community College seek to re-engage stopped-out students
The number of adult Texans in July 2021 with some college credits but no credential rose to more than 2.6 million, a 4.5% increase from the previous year.
UTEP, EPCC on the clock to spend millions in COVID relief money
The college used some of its remaining federal Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund money to prepare Student-Parent Resource Centers at each of its campuses.
UTEP professors preach how academic failure is part of learning process
Professors at the University of Texas at El Paso share their personal academic failures with their students to let them know that a bad grade is not the end of the world, and through desire and diligence, will become little more than a memory.
Hunt Foundation’s $500,000 gift ‘life changing’ for UTHealth El Paso students
The scholarship, which could have a monetary value of up to $20,000 for tuition and fees.
Your story could end up as part of UTEP ‘Letters to You’ fall play about El Paso
The documentary-style production will use postcard notes to promote border life. Here’s how to submit your story.
National diversity leader counters state’s DEI jobs concerns
UTEP to review its hiring processes in wake of governor’s office diversity directive.
Program helps students with disabilities to succeed in college
EPCC, Texas Workforce Solutions behind Project HIGHER
‘We were the guinea pig generation’: How the pandemic shaped current college freshmen
We asked first-year students from around the country one question: What is something they missed out on in high school because of the pandemic, and how did that affect their first semester in college?
New artificial intelligence program raises concerns at UTEP
At the University of Texas at El Paso, professors and students are not sure if ChatGPT is a tool or a threat – or both.
Reforms lead to more degree, credential completion at EPCC
Two-year institutions in Texas almost doubled their completion rates from 2015 to 2020.