Upward Bound, 1972, photo 3

This image shows a group of high school students in a classroom during a summer course in the Upward Bound Program at Appalachian State University (1967-current) in July 1972. A student can be seen sitting in front of a typewriter on the left while three students are standing on the right. Upward Bound is an federally funded academic program for disadvantaged high school students that was first funded at Appalachian State in 1972. It offers weekly tutoring sessions, academic counseling, classroom instruction, college entrance exam preparation, study skills workshops, and a comprehensive six-week summer session at Appalachian State University that includes college-level coursework at on-campus facilities.

High School Students

Education

Appalachian State University

General Picture Files, 2004.040, Box 31, Upward Bound, C14.2.6.1.

University Archives, Appalachian State University

1972-07

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Photographs

English

Image

Appalachian State University. Upward Bound

Series 6 -- Colleges, Departments, Offices, and Centers

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The Appalachian State University Historical Photographs Digitization Project is supported with federal Library Service and Technology Act (LSTA) funds made possible through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources through the North Carolina ECHO, 'Exploring Cultural Heritage Online' Digitization Grant Program.

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