Luis Sevilla, a UTSA master’s program graduate and Alamo Colleges instructor, talks to his students about resources available on campus during a session at St. Phillip's College on Oct. 20, 2025. Credit: Amber Esparza / San Antonio Report
October 30, 2025

UTSA master’s program prepares San Antonio community college leaders

The San Antonio Report
The 2-year master of education in higher education administration welcomes part-time and full-time staff members at Alamo Colleges to apply. The program uses a technique called “reflective practice” to utilize the experience the college professionals already have in the field to inform their learning. This fall, UT San Antonio will graduate its fifth Alamo Colleges cohort

The West Side Sound Oral History Project
October 29, 2025

“You’ve Succeeded”: A night of San Antonio musical history

UT San Antonio COEHD
The upcoming event is not just a film screening, it is a journey into San Antonio's Chicano musical roots. “You’ve Succeeded: The Life & Times of Dimas Garza”, directed by Chuco Garcia, anchors The West Side Sound Oral History Project's mission to preserve local heritage through stories, sounds and community voices.

Ellen Riojas Clark and Erica Hernandez makes tortillas in a kitchen.
October 18, 2025

The flour tortilla’s deep roots in South Texas culture

KSAT-TV
Ellen Riojas-Clark, professor emerita of bicultural-bilingual studies at the University of Texas at San Antonio shares how a centuries-old tradition became a symbol of love, heritage and identity

Employ 210 participant Eric Guerrero practices making floral arrangements during a job experience event for neurodiverse individuals at the ZerNona Black Multigenerational Community Center
October 17, 2025

New UT San Antonio program offers job training for people with autism, disabilities

San Antonio Report
Staff from a new University of Texas at San Antonio program worked with trainees on food service and catering skills, giving participants an opportunity to get free, hands-on training with the basic components of those jobs. Employ 210 is a grant-based program run by UT San Antonio researchers that partners with local businesses to create job training for people with autism and other neurodevelopmental disabilities.

Students in a Fresno Unified School District classroom.
October 10, 2025

Despite test score gains, California students still lag behind pre-pandemic levels

EdSource
A difference of a few percentage points between students might not be a big issue, “but what could be happening is that girls are interpreting that in a way that makes them feel discouraged about pursuing different types of careers,” said Ian Thacker, an associate professor of educational psychology at The University of Texas at San Antonio who previously also taught math and physics in California.

An Alamo Colleges Cohort student walks through the classroom and leads a discussion
October 3, 2025

Master’s program for Alamo Colleges District staff is helping build careers in higher ed leadership

UT San Antonio Today
The department also plans to launch a hybrid-online master’s degree in Higher Education Administration program in Spring 2026.

Left to right: Kristen Lindahl, PhD and Bedrettin Yazan, PhD
October 2, 2025

Behind the Journal with Kristen Lindahl and Bedrettin Yazan

UT San Antonio COEHD
Go behind the journal to learn more about the faculty editors shaping scholarship and the people behind the pages.