UTA wins grant to continue veteran success program
The U.S. Department of Education awarded a five-year, $1.3 million grant to The University of Texas at Arlington to renew funding for the University’s highly successful Veterans Upward Bound program. Veterans Upward Bound is an effort to improve college readiness and degree completion for those who served active duty in the U.S military. The program is offered on select college campuses nationwide and allows qualified veterans to receive free services such as counseling, mentoring, tutoring and academic instruction in core subject areas with the goal being to increase the rate at which