The Upward Bound Project is a federally funded program to encourage post-secondary preparation of high school students who are from low-income families and are first-generation college-bound students. The summer component consists of an intensive, six-week academic program during which the students reside in the University residence halls and receive high school enrichment instruction in language arts, foreign language, mathematics, financial literacy, and science. Supervised recreation, guidance and peer advising, and career exploration also provided.