Year: 2015
Type: article
Abstract: The TRIO Upward Bound program has been in existence for 50 years.The program is a federally funded pre-college program which supports the persistence and retention of low-income, potential first-generation students as they prepare for college.The TRIO programs have assisted thousands of students in their preparation and transition to higher education.Today, the program has been under constant threats of facing funding cuts or the program being eliminated altogether.This has made the job as director more difficult as one must provide services to students while the Department of Education is requiring more and more objectives needing to be reached with less funding.This dissertation is a case study of a program in Michigan where it examines a director in how she navigates through the constant program cuts and ever changing objectives to provide resources, facilities and programming to help students to reach the goal of graduating from a four-year university with a baccalaureate degree.Eight current and former Upward Bound students within the program, along with a college administrator and director took part in interviews in 2014 to provide data in how the director has managed the program in the past 15 years.The results of the data showed 21 themes emerging from the study.There were six major themes that were essential in order for Quinn for teaching me the value of an education and encouraging me in all my pursuits.Dr. James T. Jones III, my best friend, who has helped me immensely with feedback on this work and for always keeping me thinking with keen insight and unique ideas, thank you.Dr. Roy Swanson, Wilberforce University, the professor who encouraged an eighteen year old kid to persevere and stay in school when I questioned if this thing known as higher education was for me.Dr. Joan Collins, The Ohio State University, for encouraging me to pursue a graduate degree when I doubted if I was capable of reaching such lofty academic endeavors.Angela Quinn, my little sister, who encouraged through some of the most inventive and unique ways known to humanity, arguments and contentious debates, however, through it all I never doubted for a single moment whether you had my back.
Author: Anthony Quinn
Institution: University of Toledo
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2410088010