Gulf Coast Regional Strategies

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Higher Education Region

Education Service Centers (K12) TWC Workforce Development Areas

Lee College

Rice University Galveston College

Brazosport College

University of Houston

College of the Mainland

Alvin Community College

University of St. Thomas

Baylor College of Medicine

Houston Baptist University

Lone Star College - Tomball

Lone Star College - Cy-Fair

Prairie View A&M University

Lone Star College - Kingwood

Sam Houston State University

Wharton County Junior College

Lone Star College - Montgomery

San Jacinto College South Campus

San Jacinto College North Campus

Lone Star College - North Harris

Texas A&M University at Galveston

University of Houston - Clear Lake

The University of TexasMedical Branch at Galveston

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

The University of TexasM.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Lone Star College - University Park

San Jacinto CollegeCentral Campus

University of Houston - Downtown

South Texas College of Law

Texas Chiropractic College

Texas Southern University

Houston Community College

Harris

Brazoria

Liberty

Wharton

Walker

Colorado

Matagorda

Austin

Fort Bend

Montgomery

Chambers

Waller

Galveston

TSTC-Fort Bend

Public Universities

Public Community CollegesPublic Health-Related Institutions

Independent Institutions

Public Technical and State Colleges

REGIONAL STRATEGIES

60x30: EDUCATED POPULATION

COMPLETION

HIGH SCHOOL-TO-HIGHER EDUCATION

Gulf Coast higher education institutions will collaborate with industry partners and the Greater Houston Partnership through UpSkill Houston (www.houston.org/upskill-houston) to create an UpSkill plan for the Gulf Coast region that will recruit/develop/retain the talent pipeline – with credentials from level-one certificates to graduate degrees – for the Gulf Coast workforce.

Modeled on the success of Houston GPS, Gulf Coast higher education institutions will create a Regional Transfer Consortium that will strengthen transfer pathways from two-year colleges to four-year universities so that more students are able to transfer efficiently with minimal excess credits and time to degree.

Gulf Coast higher education institutions will partner with Gulf Coast K-12 partners to improve or expand recruitment strategies and efforts at their schools by sharing data and best practices, with a targeted focus on direct enrollment into college the first semester after high school.

Gulf Coast Region