Goal Two

Student Experience And Educational Innovation:

Transform the educational experience by creating supportive, intellectually challenging, exciting, diverse, joyful learning environments both inside and outside of the classroom to ensure the lifelong success, upward social mobility, and engagement of all learners. Through the education of people, our University will contribute to the growth of societies in New Mexico and across the globe.

Primary Initiatives:

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Early Pre-Health Student Support – FY26 Dashboard – Facilitating seamless transitions from undergraduate majors and programs to graduate health programs. FY25 Dashboard

First Year Student Support – FY26 Dashboard –To support first year students, UNM is piloting STEM course and curriculum redesign, creating lower division math co-requisites and pathways, elevating college transition skills, and enhancing other first year experiences like student messaging. FY25 Dashboard

Student Advisement System – FY26 Dashboard – The University is implementing an improved student advisement system, Student Hub, which will establish a shared infrastructure for student support and enhanced communication between departments at UNM, revamping student help structures, and enhancing training and development support for advisors. FY25 Dashboard

Increase Student Retention – FY26 Dashboard– To improve student retention, UNM is expanding undergraduate research (ECURE, REC), supporting Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) and Peer Learning Facilitator development, expanding open educational resources , expanding the Student Experience Project (SEP), engaging in various transfer and transition initiatives, developing early alerts and early interventions, and elevating college transition skills in general education. FY25 Dashboard