Goal 1: Enhance the Academic Experience of All Students

Goal 1:
Enhance the Academic Experience of All Students

The University will support innovation and success in teaching excellence, while maintaining and creating high-quality academic resources and services. High-impact academic experiences will be increased, and student expenses will be reduced by accelerating campus efforts toward low-cost, no-cost and open educational resources. The University also will expand the number of its doctoral programs and attain the Carnegie Classification Doctoral/Professional University designation.

Strategy 1.1

Deepen current and develop new opportunities to support innovation and success in teaching excellence.

WT’s Bigham Named TAMUS Regents Professor

WT Alum Andy Cole Endows New Animal Science Professorship

WT to Offer Embedded Associate Degrees for Students Pursuing Bachelor’s

Laura and Joe Street Name WT’s School of Nursing with $2.5 Million Gift

WT Professors Win Grant to Improve STEM Education for Underrepresented Students

Strategy 1.2

Maintain and create high-quality academic resources and services.

WT’s Online Programs Continue to Rank Highly in Prestigious U.S. News Rankings

WT’s Cornette Library to Celebrate 50 Years with Feb. 13 Reception

WT to Launch New Degree Programs in Hospitality/Tourism, Human Resources

WT to Launch New Nurse Practitioner Degree Program to Tackle Mental Health Crisis

Strategy 1.3

Increase high impact academic experiences such as experiential learning, internships, student research, study abroad, and leadership programs.

WT McNair Scholars Present Research at National Conference

Faculty, Student Scholarship in Spotlight at Annual Research Fair

WT Student Body President Named Fulbright Scholar, Will Teach in Spain

WT Horse Judging Team Rides to Victory in College Station

WT’s Model UN Team Earns Honors at National Conference

Strategy 1.4

Reduce student expenses by accelerating campus efforts toward low cost, no cost, and open educational resources.

WT Students Earn Surprise Scholarships from Education Credit Union Foundation

Wendler: WT Students to Be Provided Core Textbooks Free of Charge Beginning Fall 2024

Firefighters Eligible for Major Tuition, Fee Savings to Pursue Graduate Degree at WT

WT Expands Generous Tuition Discount to Part-Time Employees, Families

WT Scholarship Dinner Set to Honor Longtime Vocal Music Educator George Biffle

Strategy 1.5

Attain the Carnegie Classification Doctoral/Professional University designation (conferring 20 or more doctoral degrees annually) by expanding the number of doctoral programs.

The goals and strategies detailed in the University’s five-year strategic plan, The Pioneering Spirit: Pursuit of WT 125, aim to achieve the mission as laid out in the University’s long-range plan, WT 125: From the Panhandle to the World.

Goal 1: Enhance the Academic Experience of All Students