ASU UB Profile
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Background
The ASU Upward Bound project
is funded to serve 112 students each program
year. It is a veteran project that celebrates 40
continuous years at Arizona State University in
March 2006.
The ASU project is housed in
the fourth-largest public university in the
country, part of a state triuniversity system.
The campus is located in Tempe, an eastern suburb
of metropolitan Phoenix (the primary target
school area for the project). Phoenix is located
within the larger target area, Maricopa
County.
Maricopa County lies in the
southwestern part of Arizona. It contains a large
urban area (the metropolitan Phoenix area), and
numerous outlying rural towns, as well as three
American Indian reservations. The county has a
mostly desert climate and landscape, and a
southwestern atmosphere influenced by Mexican and
Native American cultures.
The project boasts two
National TRIO Achievers among its alumni. Several
graduates have also been recognized at regional
and state levels as TRIO Achievers. Graduates
have gone on to professional careers in
education, business, engineering, law, medicine
and social services.
Purpose
The ultimate purpose of the
Upward Bound Program is to prepare participants
to succeed in a program of postsecondary
education.
Design
The Arizona State University
Upward Bound Program is designed to increase the
academic skills and motivational levels of
low-income/potential first-generation college
students to the extent that they will complete
high school and successfully enter postsecondary
educational programs and graduate.
Goals
- Improve academic skills through academic
year and summer instruction components.
- Motivate participants to complete high
school and to pursue a postsecondary
educational program upon completion of high
school.
- Empower students to high aspirations and
standards both professionally and
personally.
- Provide educational opportunities.
- Enhance students’ personal,
cultural, social, career, and academic
awareness and development.
Services
- Academic year program offerings providing
academic instruction, tutoring, academic
advisement, preparation in college entrance
exams, counseling, social and personal
development (through Saturday meetings).
- Six-week summer residential programs,
which provide a “college
simulation” experience for high school
students (with a paid internship experience)
and an “actual” higher education
experience for high school graduates.
- Cultural, social, and recreational
activities designed to foster growth and
broaden student awareness, appreciation, and
respect for each other.
- Assistance with college selection,
admission, housing, entrance exams, and
financial aid. Postsecondary support is also
provided.
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