Educational Talent Search Program

Educational Talent Search (ETS) is one of eight Federal TRIO Programs (TRIO) designed to identify and provide services to individuals from underserved backgrounds who have the potential to succeed in higher education.

In 2016, CSUDH was awarded an ETS 5 year grant to serve students attending Jordan High School, Fremont High School, Bethune Middle School, and Markham Middle School in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). In 2021, CSUDH was awarded a renewal for its LAUSD grant now serving Jordan, Fremont and Jefferson High Schools, and a Talent Search grant to serve Inglewood & Morningside High Schools in Inglewood Unified School District (IUSD).

ETS aims to inspire, motivate, and empower program participants with knowledge and skills necessary to create and navigate their own educational pathways to success. ETS provides academic, career, and financial aid advising and guidance.

Join ETS!

Eligibility Requirements

Application Process

Attend one of our partner schools
Must be between the ages of 11 and 27
Participants must be students who are low-income
Potential first-generation college students
Foster Youth
U.S. citizen or permanent resident

Step 1: Check if you are eligible to apply
Step 2: Submit an application
- Inglewood Unified School District: https://bit.ly/IUSDApplyTRIOETS
- Los Angeles Unified School District: https://bit.ly/LAUSDApplyTRIOETS
- IMPORTANT: Fill out all fields & make sure that the student and the parent/guardian signs the application.
Step 3: An ETS Staff Member will contact you of your application status once its received.

Watch our ETS YouTube Video to Learn More!

Mission & Objectives

Mission

Our mission is to increase the high school graduation and college enrollment of first-generation, low-income, underrepresented, and underserved students.

Objectives

95% persistence in school of non-seniors
80% of seniors will graduate with a regular secondary school diploma
22% of seniors served will have completed a Rigorous School Program of Study
- Honors, AP, & dual enrollment classes
46% of graduating seniors will enroll in an institution of higher education
20% of graduating seniors who enroll in an institution of higher education will graduate within six years