Independent Student Newspaper for the University of Texas at San Antonio

The Paisano

Independent Student Newspaper for the University of Texas at San Antonio

The Paisano

Independent Student Newspaper for the University of Texas at San Antonio

The Paisano

AIS is useless

AIS is useless

Luna Infante, Assistant Opinion Editor October 17, 2023

Many colleges in the country require students to take a freshman introductory course. Some colleges call this a first-year seminar or a learning frameworks class, but here at UTSA, it is infamously known...

Students pose with their AIS Business Pathway booths for BestFest: TornadoPotato and Hawaiian Drinks. Ben Shirani/The Paisano

Business students get hands-on experience with BestFest

Vincent Valdez October 25, 2017

The College of Business gave students from eight different Academic Inquiry Scholarship (AIS) Business Pathway courses the opportunity and the funds to create a business and sell products at BestFest....

Photos courtesy of UTSA First-Year Experience

UTSA attempts to improve graduation rates with CLASS initiative

Vivian Guillen August 30, 2017

In 2016,  UTSA’s overall six-year graduation rate was 35 percent, according to a report by the Office of Institutional Research. According to the National Center of Education Statistics, the national...

AIS: all pain, what gain?

AIS: all pain, what gain?

Padideh Ghaemi April 20, 2017

In fall 2014 UTSA implemented the Academic Inquiry & Scholarship (AIS) course designed to ease the transition between high school and college for incoming freshmen.  The course introduced general...

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