Urban Research Seeks Answers to Transform Lives
In research that seeks to address the challenges of the urban population, the academic investigators of UTSA work to identify and address educational and social concerns that mire generations of Americans.
Working in the multicultural city of San Antonio, on a university campus that is diverse and reflective of the evolving population trends, UTSA researchers are uniquely positioned to effectively analyze and study these social and educational issues.
UTSA research in this area focuses on the following overarching themes:
- Immigration and border issues
- Global impacts
- Poverty, inequality and upward mobility
- Educational attainment
- Health disparity issues
The research compiled by the Bank of America Child and Adolescent Policy Research Institute funded in part through a $1 million endowment by the Bank of America Charitable Foundation in 2007, the Center for Research and Policy in Education and the Institute for Demographic and Socioeconomic Research (IDSR) are examples of the kind of important studies led by faculty and students at UTSA.
Social and Educational Transformation Research Centers
- Bank of America Child and Adolescent Policy Research Institute (BACAPRI)
- Center for Cultural Sustainability
- Center for the Inquiry of Transformative Literacies (CITL)
- Center for Research and Policy in Education (CRPE)
- Institute for Demographic and Socioeconomic Research (IDSR)
- Institute for Economic Development (IED)
Selected News and Grants
- NEISD partners with UTSA for dual-credit program | May 2018
- UTSA researcher and team launch diabetes support program | April 2018
- New UTSA study delves into income inequality and inflation | March 2017
- UTSA, SAISD partner to launch San Antonio’s first community laboratory schools | February 2016
- UTSA establishes new teacher residency partnership with NISD | October 2017
- UTSA partners with CAST Tech for high-tech innovations in STEM education | April 2017
- UTSA launches next chapter in literacy learning with launch of new research center | September 2016
- Book about Mexican migration created through UTSA Mexico Center collaborations | July 2016
