About the Upward Bound Math-Science Program
Upward Bound Math-Science provides fundamental support to participants in their preparation for college entrance. The program provides opportunities for participants to succeed in pre-college performance and ultimately in higher education pusuits. Upward-Bound Math-Science serves high school students from low-income families and high school students from families in which neither parent holds a bachelor's degree. The goal of the program is to increase the rates at which participants enroll in and graduate from institutions of post-secondary education in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines.
CSUDH's Upward Bound Math-Science Program currently serves 60 high school students enrolled at either Leuzinger High School or Hawthorne High School.
History of the Federal TRIO Programs
The history of TRIO is progressive. It began with Upward Bound, which emerged out of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, in response to the administration's War on Poverty. In 1965, Talent Search, the second outreach program, was created as part of the Higher Education Act. In 1968, Student Support Services, originally known as Special Services for Disadvantaged Students, was authorized by the Higher Education Amendments and became the third in a series of educational opportunity programs. By the late 1960's, the term "TRIO" was coined to describe these federal programs.
Over the years, TRIO Programs have been expanded and improved to provide a wider range of services and to reach more students who need assistance. The Higher Education Amendments of 1972 added the fourth program to the TRIO group by authorizing Educational Opportunity Centers. The 1976 Education Amendments authorized the Training Program for Federal TRIO Programs, initially known as the Training Program for Special Programs Staff and Leadership Personnel. Amendments in 1986 added the sixth program, the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program.
In 1990, the Department created the Upward Bound Math-Science program to address the need for specific instruction in the fields of math and science. The Upward Bound Math-Science program is administered under the same regulations as the regular Upward Bound program, but it must be applied for separately. Finally, the Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2001 amended the Student Support Services (SSS) program to permit the use of program funds for direct financial assistance (Grant Aid) for current SSS participants who are receiving Federal Pell Grants.
Information retreived from: https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/trio/triohistory.html
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