The primary goal of the Shawnee State University Upward Bound Program is to motivate and to prepare students for success in college or technical education after high school.  How do we achieve our goals?  By implementing the many services and activities listed throughout these pages.  Services are offered to the following Upward Bound target schools:

Bloom-Vernon (South Webster)
Minford
New Boston (Glenwood)
Northwest
Portsmouth City
Sciotoville
Valley
Washington-Nile (Portsmouth West)
Wheelersburg

The Upward Bound program is 100% federally funded through a grant from the U.S. Department of Education at $293,474 annually.  The following objectives are taken directly from the approved Shawnee State University Upward Bound grant proposal.

Upward Bound Program Objectives:

• 90% of all UB participants who graduate will have achieved at the proficient level during high school on state assessments in reading/language arts and math
• 85% of 9th, 10th, & 11th grade project participants served during each school year will continue to participate in the Upward Bound Project during the next school year
• 80% of all UB participants who graduate will enroll in a program of postsecondary education by the fall term immediately following the expected graduation date from high school
• 83% of all UB participants who enrolled in a program of postsecondary education during the fall term immediately following high school graduation will be enrolled for the fall term of the second academic year