Howdy! We Are OSS: Learning Communities
We make up three programs here at Texas A&M University: Century Scholars, Greater Texas Foundation (GTF), and First-Year Eats (FYEats).
OSS Learning Communities is a collaboration between two different scholarship-based campus learning communities offered at Texas A&M- Greater Texas Foundation Scholarship and Century Scholarship.
Learning communities (LCs) have been identified by the AAC&U as "high impact practices" that provide opportunities for students to actively participate in their education. Learning communities connect students with others of similar interests or backgrounds, enrich the learning process, and promote greater student success, leading to higher levels of student persistence and graduation.
LC Programs
Each OSS LC features small group interaction, common intellectual experiences, and one-on-one mentorship from peers and/or faculty. Students participating in OSS LC programs gain insight into the context for course material, develop a social network and support, are exposed to new experiences, and develop their critical thinking skills.
A four-year learning community that supports students from selected Texas high schools through an academic scholarship.
Part of the Texas A&M Hunger Consortium focuses on breaking down food insecurity on campus.
A learning community for freshmen who have graduated from an early college high school as defined by Educate Texas.
Frequently asked questions relating to Learning Communities and its programs.
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