Minutes of the Regular Meeting, September 9 ... - Digital Collections

September 9-10, 2008 31331Upward Bound:• Mentoring• Special services for students with limited English proficiency• Direct financial assistance (grant aid) to current SSS participants who arereceiving Federal Pell GrantsGrantor:U.S. Department of EducationAward Period: 09/06/08-08/31/09 $ 296,334Performance Period: 09/06/07-08/31/11 $1,185,336Remainder: 09/01/09-08/31/11 $ 592,668Program Purpose: Upward Bound provides fundamental support to participants in theirpreparation for university entrance. The program provides opportunities for participants tosucceed in pre-university performance and ultimately in higher education pursuits. UpwardBound serves high school students preparing to enter postsecondary education who come fromlow-income families or from families in which neither parent holds a bachelors degree. The goalof Upward Bound is to increase the rates at which participants enroll in and graduate frominstitutions of postsecondary education. All Upward Bound projects must provide instruction inmath, laboratory science, composition, literature, and foreign language.Program services include:• Instruction in reading, writing, study skills, and other subjects necessary forsuccess in education beyond high school• Academic, financial or personal counseling• Exposure to academic programs and cultural events• Tutorial services• Mentoring programs• Information on postsecondary education opportunities• Assistance in completing university entrance and financial aid applications• Assistance in preparing for university entrance exams• Work study positions to expose participants to careers requiring a postsecondarydegreeTalent Search/Open Doors:Grantor:U.S. Department of EducationAward Period: 09/01/08-08/31/09 $ 344,914Performance period: 09/01/07-08/31/11 $ 1,379,656Remainder: 09/01/09-08/31/11 $ 689,828Program Purpose: The Talent Search/Open Doors program identifies and assists individualsfrom disadvantaged backgrounds who have the potential to succeed in higher education. Theprogram provides academic, career, and financial counseling to its participants and encouragesthem to graduate from high school and continue on to the postsecondary school of their choice.Talent Search also serves high school dropouts by encouraging them to re-enter the educationalsystem and complete their education. The goal of Talent Search is to increase the number ofyouth from disadvantaged backgrounds who complete high school and enroll in thepostsecondary education institution of their choice.