Student Success Guiding Coalition

The UT System Student Success Guiding Coalition is a system-convened collective of student success leaders and advocates dedicated to keeping students at the center of the work to generate, sustain, and accelerate momentum in student success efforts and initiatives. Honoring institution-specific and asset-based approaches to student success, the Guiding Coalition shares lessons learned and best practices, facilitates communication and collaboration, and helps lead efforts to remove barriers and disparities in student outcomes at our institutions and at the system level. We are committed to ensuring the financial well-being, effective advising, and sense of belonging for every student within the UT System. And, we ensure that student voices and realities remain at the forefront of system-level decision-making, policies and practice.

UT Arlington

Ashley Purgason

Vice Provost for Student Success

Candice Calhoun-Butts

Assistant Vice Provost for Retention and Completion

UT Austin

UT Dallas

Robin Page

Vice Provost for Academic Success and Innovation

Bill Nichols

Dean of Undergraduate Education

UT El Paso

Louie Rodriguez

Vice Provost for Professional Development, Engagement, and Strategic Initiatives

Heather Smith

Vice Provost for Advising, Academic Success, and Student Support

UT Permian Basin

Michael Frawley

Dean of Student Success

UT Rio Grande Valley

Jonikka Charlton

Senior Vice Provost for Student Success and Academic Affairs, and Dean of University College

UT San Antonio

Tammy Wyatt

Senior Vice Provost for Student Success

UT Tyler

Colleen Swain

Associate Provost for Curriculum and Experiential Education

Sarah Bowdin 

Assistant Vice President for Academic Success

Stephen F. Austin State University

Marc Guidry

Associate Provost

UT System

Rebecca Karoff

Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs

Nichole Prescott

Assistant Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs

Tracey Ford 

Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs

Jeremy Martin

Senior Research & Policy Analyst

Kasey Klepfer

Senior Research & Policy Analyst