our strategic plan
1. For UT Arlington to meet the eligibility requirements set forth by the U.S. Department of Education and become recognized as the first Native American-Serving Nontribal Institution (NASNTI) in the state of Texas within five years, and to emerge as the destination institution for Native American and Indigenous students and scholars in our state.
Goals:
- Assist in the collection and analysis of data related to Native American and Indigenous undergraduate student enrollment to meet the 10% requirement.
- Generate ideas for increasing our Native American and Indigenous faculty and staff by 10% and assist in recruitment efforts.
- Coordinate creation of a public-facing dashboard for easy-access to relevant data:
- Native American and Indigenous undergraduate student enrollment
- Native American and Indigenous undergraduate graduation
- Native American and Indigenous faculty and staff employment.
2. Expand our capacity to serve Indigenous scholars and students and low-income individuals.
Goals:
- Support the development of an academic center focused on Indigenous and Native American studies, which will focus on faculty development and fellowships, curriculum development and academic instruction, academic tutoring and counseling services, and providing a forum for community engagement.
- Create student chapters of professional organizations to support Native Students and faculty in specific academic disciplines, such as AISES (American Indian Science and Engineering Society).
- Continue support of Indigenous Peoples’ Day and other events to build awareness of the contemporary presence of Indigenous communities.
- Foster strong allyship by actively encouraging the lifelong process of building and nurturing supportive relationships with Native American and Indigenous communities.
- Ongoing stewardship and development of the Land Acknowledgment Courtyard.
- Support and/or implement cultural presentations, exhibitions, and programming as part of the above initiatives and/or other initiatives.