CLU Receives $1.67 Million Upward Bound Grant
Program helps low-income and first-generation students attend college
California Lutheran University’s Upward Bound program received a $1.67 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education.
“This is an exciting accomplishment for the California Lutheran University campus, the Upward Bound staff and the Upward Bound students,” said program Director Diva Ward.
The grant, which will be allocated over four years, will allow the university’s Upward Bound program to continue serving low-income and/or first-generation students as they strive to attend the college of their choice. The college preparatory program provides Ventura County high school students with tutoring, academic advisement, weekend classes, college tours, parent workshops and a five-week summer residential component at CLU.
The U.S. Department of Education turned away more than 200 applicants this year, including about 100 programs which had been funded in the past.