UHV Professor serves on Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Committee
Plemons assumed her duties Oct. 9.
The Texas College Readiness Project is a three-year, three-phase initiative designed to better prepare students academically for the transition from secondary to postsecondary education in Texas.
Plemons, as a liaison between UHV and the Texas College Readiness Project, will help define college readiness standards, identify best instructional practices in entry-level courses and develop assignments that will help prepare 12th graders for college.
Plemons’ appointment comes on the heels of UHV President Tim Hudson’s service on the Community College Transfer Issues Committee, established by the Council of Public University Presidents and Chancellors (CPUPC) to develop strategies to boost the graduating transfer rate from two-year community colleges to four-year institutions.
"Although we are an upper-division campus, the success of our community fundamentally hinges on how prepared students are for their freshman year, whether it is at a four-year public university or at a community college such as our long-time neighbor, the Victoria College," Hudson said. "With the help of Dr. Plemons and other public institution representatives, I am certain the state will be moving closer to providing students with the tools needed for a successful college career."
The University of Houston-Victoria, located in the heart of the Coastal Bend region since 1973 in Victoria, Texas, offers courses leading to more than 80 academic programs in the schools of Arts & Sciences; Business Administration; and Education, Health Professions & Human Development. UHV provides face-to-face classes at its Victoria campus, as well as an instructional site in Katy, Texas, and online classes that students can take from anywhere. UHV supports the American Association of State Colleges and Universities Opportunities for All initiative to increase awareness about state colleges and universities and the important role they have in providing a high-quality and accessible education to an increasingly diverse student population, as well as contributing to regional and state economic development.
