TRIO Upward Bound Project

The Montclair State University – Upward Bound Project (UB) delivers educational opportunities to currently enrolled high school students from Paterson, New Jersey, who come from limited-income families and/or are potential first-generation college-bound students. UB provides fundamental support to help participants succeed at their current level of education and to prepare them to pursue higher education.

Emphasis is made on the adolescent as a whole by offering additional support via tutoring, counseling, mentoring, cultural enrichment activities/trips, work-study, financial literacy and personal development.

Upward Bound students work together with staff and faculty to become motivated, organized and able to enroll and complete a post-secondary education.

Guest speakers will be invited to speak with the UB students and encourage them to pursue careers in the fields of health, science, mathematics, technology and education.

Montclair State University Upward Bound students have graduated from institutions such as Barnard College, the University of Notre Dame, the Pratt Institute, Rutgers University, The Graduate School at Montclair State University and the New Jersey Medical School, just to name a few.