NCMC Receives 5-Year Upward Bound Grant

North Central Missouri College will receive a federal Upward Bound Grant worth a total of nearly $1.5 million over 5 years. The funding is intended to help low-income students who would be the first members of their families to earn degrees to prepare for and enroll in college. The high schools that will be served will include Trenton, Gallatin, Hamilton, Tri-County, Chillicothe, and Brookfield.

At least two-thirds of the students in each local Upward Bound program are from low-income economic backgrounds and families in which neither parent has a bachelor’s degree.

Campus-based Upward Bound programs provide students instruction in literature, composition, mathematics, science, and foreign language during the school year and the summer. The program also provides intensive mentoring and support for students as they prepare for college entrance exams and tackle admission applications, financial aid, and scholarship forms.

According to the U.S. Department of Education, 86% of Upward Bound participants enroll in postsecondary institutions immediately following high school graduation.