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IUPUI Upward Bound Program

IUPUI Upward Bound Program. Secondary School Students Bound for Success Wednesday, September 14, 2011. History of Upward Bound.

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IUPUI Upward Bound Program

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  1. IUPUI Upward Bound Program Secondary School Students Bound for Success Wednesday, September 14, 2011

  2. History of Upward Bound • The Federal TRIO Programs include eight outreach and support programs targeted to help disadvantaged students progress from middle school to post baccalaureate programs. • The history of TRIO is progressive. It began with Upward Bound, which emerged out of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 in response to the Administrations War on Poverty. • Upward Bound Programs provides fundamental support to participants in their preparation for college entrance. • The goal of Upward Bound is to increase the rates at which participants enroll in and graduate from institutions of post secondary education.

  3. Upward Bound • We recruit low-income (income eligible)1st-Gen students from 6 target high schools – their obstacles? • Academic components Summer, fall, and spring core course sessions designed to supplement their high school work Tutoring at target schools SPAN Take 6 Upward Bound Bridge • Retention based components Mentoring at target schools (need mentors) 6 week summer residential College tours Cultural activities Summer work-study Parent meetings

  4. Benefits Outcome • IUPUI Upward Bound provides a boosts in the number of citizens that get the opportunity to participate in higher education that would ordinarily not. • Human Capital (they come back).

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