About Upward Bound

Summary

Upward Bound is a federally funded, U.S. Department of Education equal educational opportunity program. Specifically, Upward Bound is a college preparatory program for low-income and educationally disadvantaged high school students. Upward Bound works with students on a long-term and intensive basis and helps generate the skills needed for selected high school students to succeed in postsecondary education. Upward Bound has served 105 low-income and first-generation students annually since 2001 and 85 students each previous year since 1965.

Program objectives

To improve students' academic skills through intensive classroom instruction
To further students' academic, personal, social, and cultural development
To provide educational opportunities not usually available to low-income youth
To motivate students to graduate from high school, matriculate to, and graduate from postsecondary education
To enhance the academic relationships among students, parents, and high school staff members for student success

Services

Upward Bound participants at the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden

A five-week residential academic summer program with emphasis on basic and higher-level skill improvement in academic courses such as English, math, science, languages, and study skills. The program also offers academic enrichment classes, including career development, college planning, and student leadership development.
Cultural, social, and recreational activities designed to foster personal growth, build leadership skills, and broaden student awareness and appreciation of the world.
An academic year program offering weekly grade-specific academic courses, tutoring, advising, and counseling.
Monitoring and tracking of student academic and co-curricular activities.
Assistance with college selection, admission, entrance exams, and financial aid applications.
Intervention methods to assist and encourage students toward positive academic achievement.

Employment opportunities
UB hiring seasons

Upward Bound typically hires during two key periods of each year:

Academic year: Upward Bound hires classroom instructors, teaching assistants, tutors, and office assistants in the fall.
Summer: Upward Bound hires classroom instructors, residence hall assistants, and administrative assistants in the spring.

2010 employment details

Additional links

Minnesota Upward Bound programs and the high schools they serve are listed at Minnesota TRiO, the professional association for personnel affiliated with TRiO programs throughout the state of Minnesota.

Revised January 2010