Madam Chairman, I rise today in strong support of this amendment which will put a stop to the unacceptable evaluation component of the Upward Bound Program that turns our Nation's students into…
Madam Chairman, I rise today in strong support of this amendment which will put a stop to the unacceptable evaluation component of the Upward Bound Program that turns our Nation's students into guinea pigs for the Department of Education.
This evaluation requires that institutions receiving Upward Bound funds, such as the University of New Hampshire, recruit TWICE as many students than can be served, with the intent to deny half of these applicants and use them as a control group--receiving no Upward Bound assistance at all. I find this bait and switch, which comes at the expense of our students, to be offensive, downright cruel, and--at best--unethical.
I recently introduced H.R. 2700 to suspend this study and prevent the other harmful changes the Administration has made to the Upward Bound program. This amendment to prohibit funding for this study is another means by which we can right this wrong.
The goal of Upward Bound is to support our students in their efforts to obtain a college degree. We must not undermine these efforts with this unethical study.
I urge my colleagues to protect the integrity of this program by standing with us, and our students, by supporting the Gwen Moore-Tom Cole-Bobby Scott-Carol Shea-Porter amendment.
