College Profiles

Prairie View A&M University

Background

Founded in 1876, Prairie View A&M University is the second oldest public institution of higher learning in the State of Texas. With an established reputation for producing engineers, nurses, business leaders and educators, PVAMU offers baccalaureate degrees in 50 academic majors, 37 master’s degrees and four doctoral degree programs through nine colleges and schools. A member of The Texas A&M University System, the University is dedicated to fulfilling its land-grant mission of achieving excellence in teaching, research and service.

Prairie View A&M University is committed to achieving relevance in each component of its mission by addressing issues and proposing solutions through programs and services designed to respond to the needs and aspirations of individuals, families, organizations, agencies, schools and communities – both rural and urban. Prairie View A&M University is a state-assisted institution by legislative designation, serving a diverse ethnic and socioeconomic population, and a land-grant institution by federal statute.

Achieving the Dream Goals

Prairie View A&M University’s goal as a participant in Achieving the Dream is to provide enhanced educational opportunities for student groups at the University that traditionally have been unprepared and underserved or who face significant barriers to academic success. The University has established the following priorities:

• Increase the retention rate of conditionally admitted students
• Increase the percentage of students who successfully complete developmental education courses
• Increase the percentage of students who complete a designated college core course with a grade of “C” or better
• Increase the percentage of students who complete a developmental education sequence and then pass the first college level class taken in the area of deficiency

The University will support these goals by implementing learning communities for both conditional and developmental education students, as well as restructuring the developmental sequences and classes.