College Bound/FIPSE Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education
College Bound/FIPSE is … an intervention program funded by FIPSE and housed at Trident Technical College that targets high school juniors and seniors who score below grade-level reading on the COMPASS® placement test. a literacy rich program that aims to raise placement test scores for those that plan to seek post-secondary education upon graduation. an opportunity for students to increase their ability to comprehend and synthesize a variety of literary texts and media forms by increased exposure to reading strategies and techniques. a free, in-school, proactive reading course where students who apply the learned techniques to all aspects of their education have the potential to increase their understanding and knowledge in core subjects and boost their end-of-course scores and overall grade point averages.
Students			About FIPSE FIPSE is a unit of the Higher Education Programs within the Office of Postsecondary Education, U.S. Department of Education. FIPSE's mandate is to "improve postsecondary educational opportunities" across a broad range of concerns. Through its various grant competitions, FIPSE seeks to support the implementation of innovative educational reform ideas, to evaluate how well they work, and to share the findings with the larger education community. (more about FIPSE / more about FIPSE grants)
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