College enrollment in Texas is up and retention rates are down, but Texas State University's PACE program is set to change that for the better. Ryan Cochran has more in this Bobcat Update.
One of the biggest challenges facing freshmen is picking a major. Texas State's upcoming Personalized Academic and Career Exploration program, or PACE for short, is designed to solve that. Incoming freshmen will spend their first year enrolled in the program to pick a major that fits them and to get used to university life.
"The key is to get students set into a major, and that's what the program is designed to achieve." [Heintze]
Upon its construction, the Undergraduate Center will host all freshman classes and services for the PACE program. Still, the plan is being met with some skepticism.
"I'm not sure if I like the idea, it sounds like coddling to me. Freshmen should be able to figure out what they want to do on their own, instead of in some high school 2.0 environment." [Lindsay Howze]
Standup- "Texas State University's PACE Program is scheduled to begin next Fall. For Bobcat Update, I'm Ryan Cochran."
Bobcat Update, a student-produced newscast recapping events at Texas State University, and is available for viewing on YouTube.
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