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What is the Adelante Tejas Project?

The Goal of the Title V- Adelante Tejas Project is to increase STEM enrollment, retention, transfer and graduation for Hispanic and low-income students at San Antonio College and Sul Ross State University through improved access to high quality STEM education and improved educational quality and student support, particularly in biology and Physical Sciences.

SAC/ACCD and SRSU agree to jointly address the objectives set forth in the Adelante Tejas proposal narrative:

• Establish at least nine articulation agreements between SAC and Sul Ross
• Increase by at least 50% the numbers of students who can access STEM coursework in online, hybrid or other distance education formats over a baseline established in Spring 2011.
• Increase enrollment in Environmental Science to 100 students and to increase graduates to 25.
• Increase SAC and Sul Ross students’ access to industry-standard instrumentation and research/inquiry-based STEM education for at least 3,000 students
• Develop research opportunities for students at SAC and Sul Ross and Increase by 200% the numbers of SAC and Sul Ross STEM students engaged in research at SAC and Sul Ross
• Improve at least 50% of Biology and Physical/ Earth Sciences courses at SAC and Sul Ross utilizing research/inquiry based instruction and/or instrument-based, learner-centered methods
• Increase STEM social/industry support networks and opportunities for paid research internships for at least 100 SAC and Sul Ross STEM students
• Provide every STEM major at SAC and Sul Ross with timely, one-on-one faculty advising on STEM academic and career advancement and success