February 25, 2008

Education Department Agrees to End Controversial Upward Bound Study

By Kelly Field

Washington

Yielding to pressure from Congress and grant recipients, the U.S. Education Department has reluctantly agreed to abandon a controversial evaluation of the Upward Bound college-preparation program.

The study, which began last year, was designed to measure whether Upward Bound would have a bigger impact on college-going rates if it were refocused on higher-risk students. The program helps prepare low-income and first-generation students for college.

But the

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