September 21, 2007

Not Upward Bound, Not College Bound

To the Editor:

As I read "Are the Right Students 'Upward Bound'?" (The Chronicle, August 17), I became puzzled by the unproven assumption that Upward Bound is serving youth who would go to college even without the help of the program. ...

This assumption shows a fundamental lack of familiarity with youth from impoverished backgrounds. I am the oldest of six siblings, who all participated in Upward Bound. Five of the six children in my family scored in the top 3 percent in the

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