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In 2001, the 77th Legislator adopted Closing the Gaps, a plan designed in part to increase Texans’ participation and success in higher education.
As a result, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board launched College for Texans, a marketing and outreach initiative in 2002 with the slogan,
"Education. GO Get It!" The goal of the campaign is to enroll 630,000 academically prepared students by 2015, 430,000 beyond the 200,000 expected to attend college at current rates.
As part of the grassroots effort, GO Centers have been implemented in communities across the state to help recruit students into higher education.
GO Centers are located at Middle and High school campuses where they serve as a point of coordination between students, P-12 counselors, and institutions of higher education. At the GO Center, students will find
a variety of resources to help them better prepare and plan for college.
GO CENTER
MISSION STATEMENT
Our mission is to reach every
student in the South Texas Region by preparing not only the student, but
also the parents for the future. We strive to cultivate minds and
promote the importance of higher education to all. We facilitate
effective relationships between mentors, counselors, students, and the
administration.
“Education. GO Get It!”
 AmeriCorps
Each year, AmeriCorps
offers 75,000 opportunities for adults of all ages and backgrounds to
serve through a network of partnerships with local and national
nonprofit groups. Whether your service makes a community safer, gives a
child a second chance, or helps protect the environment, you’ll be
getting things done through AmeriCorps!
AmeriCorps members address
critical needs in communities all across America. As an AmeriCorps
member, you can:
● Tutor and
mentor disadvantaged youth
● Fight
illiteracy
● Improve
health services
● Build
affordable housing
● Teach
computer skills
● Clean
parks and streams
● Manage or
operate after-school programs
● Help
communities respond to disasters
● Build
organizational capacity
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