An educational outreach program, Upward Bound provides academic classes, counseling, tutoring, and cultural/social enrichment activities to eligible high school students in a five-county area (Allen, Butler, Edmonson, Hart, and Logan). Program participants, who have potential to succeed in college and/or vocational school with some additional academic/motivational support, must meet federal financial guidelines and/or be from families where neither parent holds a bachelor’s degree. Specific individual/group activities covered throughout a student’s participation in the program include career information, study skills information, ACT preparation sessions, college admissions information, and financial aid workshops. Individual counseling sessions take place with each student at his/her high school throughout the academic year with tutoring and cultural enrichment sessions being offered one Saturday per month. Students participate in a six-week summer residential program at WKU which emphasizes academics and cultural/social enrichment. After high school graduation, participants have the opportunity to enroll in up to six college credit hours for which Upward Bound is financially responsible. In this way, participants get a first-hand look at college life and an academic boost from the Upward Bound program.