Our goals at UEI are:

  • To answer critical questions regarding the problems and challenges associated with educational achievement and workforce mobility for all populations including those from economically disadvantaged backgrounds;
  • To produce and disseminate rigorous applied research;
  • To actively pursue and maintain research-practice-policy partnerships designed to identify, study, and promote data-driven evidence-based practices for continuous improvement;
  • To collaborate with other researchers (UTSA, external) to engage in research aligned with UEI's mission and goals;
  • To serve as a research incubator and training lab designed to promote the development of researchers engaged in work aligned with UEI's mission and goals;
  • To provide grant administrative support for UTSA researchers engaged in sponsored projects aligned with UEI's mission and goals.
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Unlocking Opportunities

To answer critical questions regarding the problems and challenges associated with educational achievement and workforce mobility for all populations including those from economically disadvantaged backgrounds;
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Partnerships for Innovation

To actively pursue and maintain research-practice-policy partnerships designed to identify, study, and promote data-driven evidence-based practices for continuous improvement;

  • Area districts/schools
  • Area higher education institutions
  • Statewide consortiums
  • City offices
  • Nonprofit agencies
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Research

To produce and disseminate rigorous applied research;

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Collaboration

To collaborate with other researchers (UTSA, external) to engage in research aligned with UEI's mission and goals;

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Empowering Researchers

To serve as a research incubator and training lab designed to promote the development of researchers engaged in work aligned with UEI's mission and goals;

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Grant Support

To provide grant administrative support for UTSA researchers engaged in sponsored projects aligned with UEI's mission and goals.