Early Outreach Program

The Early Outreach Program (EOP) was established in 1979 as the pre-college, academic pipeline program to the University of Illinois at ChicagoÕs Urban Health Program. The first program, Saturday College, was implemented in January 1980 and has since been the model from which all other programs have been developed. As an affiliate of the UIC Urban Health Program Ð the leading force for increasing minorities within the field of health professions and health-sciences Ð we strive to motivate and inform students about the persistent health disparities in minority populations and each studentÕs role in effecting change. The academic enrichment programs we coordinate have one of the universityÕs largest summer and academic year enrollments with more than 300 students in grades K-12 and nearly 70% of EOP academic year and summer programs students coming from Chicago Public Schools. The programÕs ultimate goal is to maximize our studentsÕ ability to matriculate into high school, higher education, and postgraduate health-science programs of their choice and to further enable them to earn careers as knowledgeable healthcare professionals, teacher educators, and policy makers capable of growing our global society.

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