Description: Disrupt generational poverty in Texas by empowering vulnerable teens and adults — especially first-generation college students.
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To connect Texans to higher education and build educated communities .
65% of all newly created jobs require some form of education or training after high school. The unemployment rate for high school graduates is nearly four times higher than for college graduates with a bachelor’s degree.
Upward Bound Math & Science is a federal grant program funded by the U.S. Department of Education designed to strengthen the math and science skills of participating students. The goal of the program is to help students recognize and develop their potential to excel in math and science and to support them as they pursue post-secondary enrollment in degree programs for STEM professions.