WASHINGTON D.C. — Seventeen state colleges and universities — including two in Southeast Arkansas — will share more than $6.4 million in Upward Bound Program Grants to help students develop skills and motivation to succeed, members of Arkansas’ congressional delegation announced Wednesday.
The Upward Bound Program provides academic tutoring, preparation courses for college entrance exams and applications, and other services, as well as alternative education programs to help students reach success in high school and in higher education pursuits. The program targets high school first-generation college students and low-income individuals.
The schools selected to receive Upward Bound Program Grants and the total:
• University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff, $339,381
• University of Arkansas, Monticello, $336,000
Independent reporting for Pine Bluff & Jefferson County since 1879.
• Arkansas Baptist College, $250,000
• Arkansas State University, Beebe, $587,500
• Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, $377,843
• Arkansas Tech University, $250,000
• Harding University, $287,881
• Lyon College, $390,480
• Northwest Arkansas Community College, $250,000
• Ouachita Baptist University, $395,199
• Philander Smith College, $480,150
• Rich Mountain Community College, $339,381.00
• South Arkansas Community College, El Dorado $262,500
• Southern Arkansas University, Magnolia, $787,492
• University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, $615,671
• University of Arkansas, Fort Smith, $260,400
• University of Central Arkansas, $250,000