2025 CCRSM Partners Connect

Dr. Michael E. Aldape serves the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley as Associate Vice Provost for Secondary Educational Partnerships, providing strategic leadership over the university’s dual credit program portfolio, including: UTRGV collegiate high schools, early college high schools, and dual credit with over 20 public, private, and charter school districts. Stewarding partnerships and building programming that is responsive to community needs, Michael works with stakeholders to support students’ academic success. In addition, he has served as the PI on three student-support grants funded by the Greater Texas Foundation focused on early college high school graduates’ success in postsecondary education.