The Upward Bound program is funded by the United States Department of Education and is designed to generate skills and motivation necessary for success in education beyond secondary school. The Lindsey Wilson College Upward Bound program serves Adair, Clinton, Cumberland, Green, Marion, Russell and Taylor counties in central and south-central Kentucky. Taylor County has two high schools, Campbellsville Independent High School and Taylor County High School.

Our office staff is located in the Upward Bound Building. We also staff various educators in the schools systems that we serve as well as college students, professors, administrators and other community partners for our summer component. The Upward Bound program also offers extended summer hours.

Targeted Upward Bound students must meet eligibility requirements, such as low-income and first generation. In addition, students must have a need for academic support in order to pursue education beyond the secondary school level. We provide college courses, college prep courses, cultural enrichment, educational field trips, and college visits. Our students participate in an Upward Bound activity one Saturday a month and live on campus in the Lindsey Wilson College dorms for six weeks in the summer. We want to give them the opportunity to "live the college life". We encourage our students to further their education as much as possible and it all starts here at Lindsey Wilson College.