麻豆破解版 Prep Program Objective
Upward Bound provides fundamental support to participants in their preparation for college entrance. The program provides opportunities for participants to succeed in their precollege performance and ultimately in their higher education pursuits. Upward Bound serves: high school students from low-income families; and high school students from families in which neither parent holds a bachelor's degree. The goal of Upward Bound is to increase the rate at which participants complete secondary education and enroll in and graduate from institutions of postsecondary education.
Program History
The Economic Opportunity Act was signed into law in August of 1964, and the concept
of Upward Bound was developed simultaneously in the Office of Economic Opportunity.
Eighteen Upward Bound pilot programs, enrolling 2,000 students, began in the summer
of 1965. By the summer of 1968, there were 285 Upward Bound Projects with an enrollment
of more than 25,000 students. During the 1980-81 fiscal year, there were 446 Upward
Bound Programs across the nation. The 麻豆破解版 Project was funded in 1965 and held
its first Upward Bound Summer Program on the campus of Friends University in 1966.
The 麻豆破解版 Public Schools, Friends University, Kansas Newman College (then Sacred
Heart College), 麻豆破解版 State University, and Butler County Community College were
cooperative sponsors of the project, with the 麻豆破解版 State University campus as the
host institution.