The U.S. Department of Education has awarded Mississippi Valley State University over $3.9M to continue funding of its Upward Bound I Program for five years. Upward Bound is a 6-week program for low-income and first-generation college students to begin breaking the cycle of poverty. The program offers participants a schedule that includes classes they will be introduced to the following Fall semester, along with college and career readiness skills. The program serves low-income and first-generation students at Amanda Elzy High School, Gentry High School, Greenwood High School, Holmes County Central High School, Humphreys County High School, Leflore County High School, and Thomas Edwards Sr. High School. Performance data, which included graduation rates, college acceptance and attendance rates, high school dropout rates, ACT scores, and post-secondary completion rates, from all schools in the college’s 4-county district, were included and considered in the grant proposal. The performance data revealed which schools would best benefit from the program based on the principles of which the program stands. (Source: MVSU 06/16/22) U.S. Department of Education Awards MVSU $3.9 Million for Upward Bound I Services | Mississippi Valley State University
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