1. July 26, 2012 Closing the Gaps Progress Report

2. THECB 7/2012 ENROLLMENT GROWTH IS WELL ABOVE CLOSING THE GAPS TARGET 532,754 448,883 630,483

3. THECB 7/2012 WHITE ENROLLMENT DROPPED FOR THE SECOND YEAR Fall 2011 Enrollment Change from ’10 % Chg African Am.209,40515,6718.1% Hispanic474,72429,5416.6% White647,666-8,241-1.3% Other220,4769,8514.7% Overall1,552,27146,8223.1%

4. THECB 7/2012 ONLY 2 GROUPS HAVE REACHED ENROLLMENT RATE OF 5.7% 6.3% 5.1% 8.7% 5.0%

5. THECB 7/2012 BACS (BACHELOR’S AND ASSOCIATE’S AND CERTIFICATES) CONTINUE ON TARGET TO MEET GOAL 210,000 178,800 186,961

6. THECB 7/2012 AFRICAN AMERICAN BACS CONTINUE ON AN UPWARD TREND BUT ARE STILL BELOW TARGET 20,700 19,527 24,300

7. THECB 7/2012 HISPANIC BACS ARE NOW “ON TARGET” TO REACH 2015 GOALS 53,400 67,000 52,705

8. THECB 7/2012 TECHNOLOGY BACS HAVE THEIR HIGHEST NUMERIC INCREASE, BUT STILL FAR FROM 29,000 NEEDED

9. THECB 7/2012 STATE EMPHASIS ON NURSING AND ALLIED HEALTH HAS HAD AN IMPACT 23,261 21,460 26,100

10. THECB 7/2012 TEACHER EDUCATION CONTINUES DOWNWARD TREND (INCLUDES ALL CERTIFICATIONS) Initial Certification 36,620 23,673* 44,700 *FY 2011 data may be incomplete.

11.  UT Austin had the top ranked undergraduate and graduate accounting programs  TAMU just announced they have been named 1 of 3 National Biosecurity Centers  Lamar University doctoral program in deaf studies has earned national prominence  Texas State faculty members won geographic education distinguished teaching award 14 times, a national record  UTPA implemented the 1 st minor in medical Spanish which qualifies participants to sit for the Medical Interpreters exam THECB 7/2012 EXCELLENCE TAKES MANY FORMS - AT UNIVERSITIES

12.  Richland College was the first community college in the U.S. to receive the Baldrige Award  The National League of Nursing named Collin College a Center of Excellence in Nursing Education  Houston Community College won a 2011 THECB Star Award for its In-House Online Tutoring Program  In 2010, Brazosport College’s Learning Frameworks course was awarded a Star Award and Lonestar’s Kingwood and CyFair colleges were recognized for Modeling Excellence in Collaborative Teacher Education  Palo Alto College significantly increased retention and student success in developmental math through an accelerated curricular approach THECB 7/2012 AND AT COMMUNITY COLLEGES

13. By 2015, increase the level of federal science and engineering research and development funding to Texas institutions to 6.5 percent of obligations to higher education. THECB 7/2012 RESEARCH GOAL

14. THECB 7/2012 FEDERAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING R&D OBLIGATIONS AND SHARE OF U.S. TOTAL FOR TOP SEVEN STATES 14.9% 13.2% 6.2% 5.7% 5.3% 5.6% 3.7% 4.2% 6.4% 6.0% 8.3% 8.4% In Constant Dollars

15. THECB 7/2012 EXPENDITURES FOR R&D AT INSTITUTIONS CONTINUE TO CLIMB (shown in millions) $3,747 $3,000

16. THECB 7/2012 EXPENDITURES FOR R&D AT INSTITUTIONS CONTINUE TO CLIMB (shown in millions)