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    The Robert C. Vackar College of Business & Entrepreneurship promotes student success and catalyzes innovation, knowledge discovery, and economic development in South Texas, Northern Mexico, and beyond.

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    The Robert C. Vackar College of Business & Entrepreneurship promotes student success and catalyzes innovation, knowledge discovery, and economic development in South Texas, Northern Mexico, and beyond.

    • Department of Economics
    • Department of Finance
    • Hospitality and Tourism Management Program
    • Department of Information Systems
    • Department of International Business and Entrepreneurship
    • Department of Management
    • Department of Marketing
    • School of Accountancy
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    The UTRGV Robert C. Vackar College of Business & Entrepreneurship conducts research to promote economic development through its policy-oriented research and analysis on the Texas-Mexico, RGV, border.

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    Our state-of-the-art facility houses the latest and greatest equipment, as well as the smartest and brightest entrepreneurial talent in the region

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    Explore a comprehensive array of resources at UTRGV's Robert C. Vackar College of Business & Entrepreneurship. From internships, student organizations like AMA and Enactus, to the Vackar Student Scholars Program, students have diverse opportunities for research engagement and career development. Faculty and staff benefit from career development, mentorship through VOICE, and access to extensive policy documents, bylaws, and strategic plans. For degree planning, class registration, and admissions, utilize our advising services. Discover interactive enrollment statistics with the Enrollment Explorer, and explore various student organizations for academic and professional growth. Access all these resources and more to ensure your academic and career success at UTRGV's RCVCOBE.

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Mission, Vision, Core Values & Strategy

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Mission Statement

The Robert C. Vackar College of Business and Entrepreneurship promotes student success and serves as a catalyst for innovation, knowledge discovery, and economic development in South Texas, Northern Mexico, and beyond. We do so by offering relevant academic programs, committing to impactful research, and fostering community engagement and sustainable partnerships in a way that supports the university’s mission.

Vision Statement

The Robert C. Vackar College of Business and Entrepreneurship will positively impact its local and global stakeholders through the discovery, integration, application, and teaching of business-focused knowledge addressing the critical needs of society.

Core Values

Our Commitment to Excellence 

  • Invest in our students’ success by offering high quality and relevant academic programs. 
     

Our Dedication to Thought Leadership 

  • Promote rigorous and high-impact scholarship. 
  • Improve the academic reputation of our college through impactful engagement with the scholarly community. 
     

Our Passion for Empowerment and Impact 

  • Empower and support our students, faculty, and staff to make a difference in their communities through high impact teaching and learning practices. 
     

Our Role as Agents of Transformation 

  • Cherish and support our positive role in the economic transformation of the Rio Grande Valley. 
     

 

Strategic Plan

2022-2028 Strategic Plan

2015-2020 Strategic Plan

Strategic Plan Scorecard

This strategic plan identifies five critical strategic objectives to emphasize, and associated goals to achieve over the next three academic years. This plan’s initial implementation year is AY 2022 and has two consecutive three-year timeframes. By the end of the third academic year, the strategic objectives will be reviewed. Results from the review will inform our decision to renew the strategic objectives with new goals and implement new strategic objectives and goals in the subsequent three-year period. These objectives and their corresponding goals were developed to advance the mission of RCV and help it achieve its aspirational vision of positively impacting our stakeholders.

This dashboard shows data from year 2021 and will be updated each year with the latest data.

We are supporting the success of our undergraduate and graduate students with our new comprehensive recruitment strategy and strong grant program to support student organizations, travel opportunities and competitions and internships will positively impact our enrollment, retention, and graduation rates. Along with this, we will develop a system to track our undergraduate and graduate placement and alumni accomplishments and entrepreneurial activity.

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4,241
TOTAL ENROLLMENT (Fall 2021)
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PhD GRADUATE PLACEMENT
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66.9%
RETENTION
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11.9%
GRADUATION

Recruiting and retaining experienced research faculty will strongly support our publication goals shown below. This will be achieved by strengthening our faculty experience with a new workload policy, establishing an award system for research, teaching and service, incentivizing grant writing, promoting intellectual exchange, mentorship, and professional development, among other initiatives to promote faculty well-being.

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4,241
ENGAGEMENT IN HIGH PROFILE EDITORIAL BOARDS,
PRESENTATIONS, AND LEADERSHIP ROLES
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0.5
ELITE JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
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166
CITATIONS AT COLLEGE LEVEL
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1.28
HIGH IMPACT JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

We are growing our academic catalog with new undergraduate and graduate programs that are not only of high-quality content but also support students with academic advantages such as 4+1 undergraduate programs, interdisciplinary programs in partnership with other UTRGV colleges and external institutions including international partners in South America and Europe.

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NEW 4+1 PROGRAMS
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DEVELOP UNDERGRADUATE TO GRADUATE PIPELINE FOR EASY ENROLLMENT PROCESS
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NEW GRADUATE ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
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STRENGTHEN AND EXPAND INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC PARTNERSHIPS

To achieve our goals listed below, we will develop incentives to obtain sponsored research, cultivate and strengthen our partnerships to promote fundraising initiatives, and organize internal and external fundraising and donor appreciation events. To support these initiatives, we will develop a sustainable infrastructure including a multiplatform database to recognize our donors.

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INCREASE ENDOWMENT AND OPERATING BUDGET
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SUPPORT RESEARCH AND FACULTY DEVELOPMENT
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BUILD NEW INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL PARTNERSHIPS
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GENERATE FUNDED RESEARCH

We will conduct focus groups and surveys to identify the needs and priorities of local and regional economic development partners and continue promoting our Center for Innovation and Commercialization. To make this a sustainable goal, we will develop a systematic process to document RCV team’s engagement in economic development. We know motivation is a key factor to accomplish these goals, and we will reward and support our successful entrepreneurs and MSMEs leaders, especially those embeded in the curriculum (e.g., sustainability-focused, experiential/community-engaged scholarship projects, faculty consulting etc.)

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FOSTER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT LEVERAGE FACULTY EXPERTISE
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DEVELOP SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS MODEL FOR CIC
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DEVELOP WORKFORCE AND DEVLOPMENT STRATEGY TO SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEAURS
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DEVELOP PERFORMANCE EVALUATION STANDARDS

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