DALLAS — Yasmin Milan, a first-generation college graduate, works at the same organization that helped her focus on her education starting in the sixth grade. That’s because she sees herself in every ...

Upward Bound Summer Academy students working in a chemistry lab. Victoria Llamas will attend UC San Diego this fall, with plans to study political science and eventually maybe become a lawyer. Llamas, ...

Mindy Wright, a former history teacher at Boston Preparatory Charter Public School, founded the Upward Project in 2018 as a way to help first-generation, underprivileged college students “navigate a ...

Two Philadelphia high schools have been named inaugural participants in The Academy at Penn, a college and career readiness program for students from underserved communities set to launch this spring.

In a new episode of Voices of Student Success, hear about a recently launched college bridge program that improves college readiness for students enrolled in higher education programs in prison. While ...

Frederick Douglass High School juniors visited Learning Undefeated's mobile AI lab through the Building Steps program, training a system to recognize images and exploring careers in tech ...

Campus lost an $836,000 annual grant for its Educational Talent Search program, or ETS, halting college readiness services for disadvantaged youth. The campus ETS program typically serves about 1,500 ...

On Saturday, October 4, the Above&Beyond college readiness program will make its debut at the Ferguson Library. The program is open to children ages 10 and up in the Ferguson-Florissant area and is ...

Upspring is working to empower children experiencing homelessness.Every year in the Greater Cincinnati area, more than 8,000 children experience homelessness.In response to that, Upspring provides ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At Amos P. Godby High School Thursday morning, a room full of seniors walked to the front of the class to share their ...

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Yasmin Milan, a first-generation college graduate, works at the same organization that helped her focus on her education starting in the sixth grade. That’s because she sees herself in every girl in ...