DEPARTMENT: Human Services
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Melody Woosley
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT:
Higher Education Student Advisory Board
SUMMARY:
On July 21, 2017, Councilman Rey Salda?a submitted a Council Consideration Request (CCR) to create a City-appointed Higher Education Student Advisory Committee. The stated purpose of the committee would be to advise the Mayor and City Council on matters that are of interest to students who are enrolled in local colleges and universities in San Antonio with the objective to help increase college enrollment and retention of college graduates in San Antonio.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Under the CCR's proposal, the Mayor and City Council would each select and nominate one member from a pool of students nominated by local higher education institutions, for a total of 11 members on the advisory committee.
The following local colleges and universities would each nominate three students for the committee: University of Texas at San Antonio, Texas A&M University-San Antonio, University of Incarnate Word, St. Mary's University, Our Lady of the Lake University, Trinity University, San Antonio College, Northwest Vista College, Northeast Lakeview College, Palo Alto College, and St. Philip's College.
The committee would meet monthly during each month of the academic year (September to May). The committee is proposed to have two distinct tasks. First, the committee would provide input and recommendations regarding six priority issue areas: (1) Multi-Modal Transportation; (2) Environmental Sustainability and Public Health; (3) Housing and Affordability; (4) Jobs and Economic Development; (5) Public Safety; (6) Arts, Culture, and Recreation.
The second charge for the committee would be to consider the following questions and issue a yearly executive summary of recommendations to City Council:
1) What steps can San Antonio take to retain local students and attract students from outside the San Antonio area...
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