educational talent search
What is Educational Talent Search?Educational Talent Search, or ETS, is a TRIO/Talent Search Program. We are a pre-college program that assists students who have the potential and desire to attend college or post-secondary training after high school. We offer tools to help students achieve their educational and life goals. ETS strives to provide guidance that will lead our students to having multiple options after high school graduation.
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program information
The program, hosted by Vincennes University, has been continuously assisting students in this area since 1991. It is part of the TRIO Grant Programs, which are funded by the U.S. Department of Education.
These cost-free programs were created by the United States Congress in 1965 to help encourage qualified students to continue their education. Our program is designed to assist 825 students in target schools in four Southwestern Indiana counties (Greene, Knox, Sullivan, and Vanderburgh) who wish to continue their studies beyond the high school level.
During the school year an ETS Outreach Advisor will visit your school and meet with participants either in groups or individually. We offer some online services throughout the year. We also have optional campus visits for high schoolers during the school year to a variety of colleges and universities in the surrounding area. During the summer, those who participated in ETS and have met academic progress are eligible for various trips and activities, all paid for by the grant. YES, they are FREE to our participants!
schools funded to serve
Mission StatementThe mission of the Vincennes University Educational Talent Search program, through outreach programming in financial, personal, career, and academic advisement, is to assist qualified income-eligible and/or first generation students to re-enter secondary school, complete secondary school, and undertake a program of postsecondary education and complete a post-secondary education program. |
Vision StatementETS is committed to all participants to achieve their educational goals. Participants will be equipped with the necessary resources and skills which will enable them to: successfully meet the challenges of the 21st Century, make sound career decisions, and pursue postsecondary opportunities that will enable them to improve their quality of life and to contribute to society. |
Funding
Who pays for the activities provided by the ETS program?
ETS is funded by a grant through the U.S. Department of Education. This grant follows the legislation provided by the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (Title IV). It should be noted that Talent Search Programs were part of the original legislation enacted in 1965 that created the original TRIO – STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES, UPWARD BOUND, and TALENT SEARCH. Their success helped support the creation of Educational Opportunity Centers, Veterans Upward Bound, and Upward Bound Math/Science in 1972; the Training Program in 1976; the Ronald E. McNair Post Baccalaureate Achievement Program in 1986, and the TRIO Dissemination Project in 1998.
Now, all of these programs make up what are called “TRIO” programs. This legislation defines participant eligibility, funding levels, documentation rules, and uses for the monies provided. The Higher Education Act is renewed every six years; therefore, funding levels and other issues can be reflected by the current administration.
***Educational Talent Search is a 100% federally funded TRIO PROGRAM at $457,670 by the U.S DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
