Upward Bound helps young people and adults with low incomes prepare for higher education.  Participants receive instruction in literature, composition, foreign languages, mathematics, and science on college campuses after school, on Saturdays, and during the summer.  Currently, 681 programs are in operation throughout the United States.

Student Support Services helps students with low incomes to stay in college until they earn their baccalaureate degree.  Participants, who include disabled college students, receive tutoring, counseling, and instruction.  Students are now being served at over 700 colleges and universities nationwide.

Talent Search programs serve young people with low incomes in grades six through twelve.  In addition to counseling, participants receive information about college admissions requirements, scholarships, and various student financial aid programs.  This early intervention program helps young people to better understand their educational opportunities and options.  Over 310,000 Americans are enrolled in 312 Talent Search TRIO programs.

Educational Opportunity Centers, located throughout the country, primarily serve displaced or under-employed workers from families with low incomes.  These Centers help people to choose a college and a suitable financial aid program.  There are 74 Educational Opportunity Centers in America.

Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement programs are designed to encourage people from families with low incomes and minority undergraduates to consider careers in college teaching as well as prepare for doctoral study.  Named in honor of the astronaut who died in the 1986 Challenger space-shuttle explosion, students who participate in this program are provided with research opportunities and faculty mentors.

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