Collection:LPB

Genre: Newsmagazine

Place Covered: Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority

Date Issued: 2015-08-07

Duration: 00:05:37

Subjects: Education | Southern University and A & M College | Upward Bound Program (U.S.) | College preparation programs

Contributors:

• Sanford, Shauna Host
• Gautreaux, Kevin Producer
• Crews, Keith Editor
• Linton, Nicholas Interviewee
• Bitota, Niaccle Interviewee
• Robinson, Rhonda Interviewee
• Turner, Julius Interviewee
• Morgan, Maria Interviewee
• Hayes, Victoria Interviewee
• Boyd, Gwendolyn Interviewee

This segment from the August 7, 2015, episode of the series “Louisiana: The State We’re In” features producer Kevin Gautreaux’s report on the 50th anniversary of the Upward Bound program at Southern University in Baton Rouge. Gautreaux reports that Upward Bound is a federally funded college preparatory program offered to high school students who either come from low income families or whose parents do not have college degrees. He interviews: Nicholas Linton, student; Niaccle Bitota, student; Rhonda Robinson, the director of Upward Bound at Southern University; Julius Turner, an Upward Bound alum and instructor; Marcia Morgan, a bridge student; Victoria Hayes, the director of Upward Bound at Tennessee State University; and Dr. Gwendolyn Boyd, the president of Alabama State University. This report is a part of the Southern Education Desk series. Host: Shauna Sanford