Texas Higher Education (THE) Collaborative for Wellbeing is an action-oriented and results-driven community of Texas colleges and universities focused on catalyzing large-scale impact within and across campuses to enable more students to thrive and flourish. For Texas by Texas, THE Collaborative for Wellbeing is grounded in the basic principle that we can accomplish more together than even the best of us can accomplish alone.
THE Collaborative for Wellbeing invites Texas HBCUs and 4-year public postsecondary institutions to apply to join a groundbreaking cohort-based opportunity to learn and take action together. Between September 2024 – June 2026, this inaugural cohort of institutions will focus on building a strong foundation to use data-driven improvement, human-centered design, and innovation methods to identify and address systemic barriers to wellbeing and mental health. Thanks to generous funding by the Trellis Foundation, institutions may receive up to $5,000 to participate in THE Collaborative for Wellbeing.
Institutions interested in joining THE Collaborative for Wellbeing are encouraged to start the application process as soon as possible. Your institution will not be able to complete all aspects of the application if you wait until the last minute.
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Virtual Coffee Chat with THE Collaborative Team
Join members of THE Collaborative Team for an informal, drop-in virtual coffee chat. This is your chance to ask questions and get to know us better in a relaxed setting. With no formal presentation or agenda, you’re free to steer the conversation. We recommend reviewing the webinar recording and website beforehand so you can make the most of this opportunity. Feel free to drop in at any time during the hour.
Our Shared Purpose
Our purpose is to accelerate large-scale impact across Texas colleges and universities to:
- improve student wellbeing now to improve lives for a lifetime
- remove wellbeing related barriers to learning, academic achievement, and overall student success
- narrow wellbeing disparities among students populations
THE Collaborative for Wellbeing catalyzes impact by focusing on:
- who is involved in changemaking through unprecedented co-leadership, collaboration, and co-production of changes
- how we create change through the use of improvement science, human-centered design, and innovation methods
- what changes get made by addressing root causes and shifting to systems-based approaches
Our Stories
Texas A&M University
The Wellbeing Improvement Survey for Higher Education Settings (WISHES) has played a pivotal role in understanding the key influencers of student wellbeing at Texas A&M University. Read Texas A&M’s comprehensive approach that collects, analyzes, and leverages WISEHS data to create actionable insights that have helped them to foster a supportive and thriving TAMU community.
Texas Tech University
Texas Tech is brand-new to WISHES, but it’s been an extraordinary experience so far. Read how WISHES is uncovering unexpected insights about students, including the connection between financial wellbeing and overall wellbeing, and leading to important questions, such as how to more effectively address food insecurity issues on campus.
University of Houston
Read from Chris Dawe, AVP Health & Wellbeing, about his experience working within a shared learning community and how this led to a the implementation of WISHES at the University of Houston, facilitating access to better data that is being utilized to tell the story of students’ health and wellbeing and actioned upon to make better decisions that positively impact students.
Proudly convened by:
Texas A&M University
Texas Tech University
University of Houston