2018 Leah Meyer Austin Award – Texarkana College

Texarkana College is the winner of the 2018 Leah Meyer Austin Award. The college is recognized for significant innovations that have resulted in critical progress including increasing the graduation rate for first-time, full-time students by 21 percentage points from 10% to 31% and an 18 percentage point increase in the graduation rate for Black students from 4% to 22% during the same time period.