The Career Based Outreach Program (CBOP) was one of three programs established at UCLA in 1997 as a new outreach effort in response to the passage of Proposition 209—the measure eliminated the use of race, ethnicity and gender in the admission process.  CBOP is a student-oriented outreach program which provides academic support to educationally and economically disadvantaged high school students in Los Angeles Unified School District.

The program chooses and trains undergraduate students from UCLA ("fellows") who desire to persist in graduate or professional school.  After the fellows are trained on how to use and teach study skills, reading techniques and other learning methods, the fellows then assist disadvantaged high school students ("scholars") in developing critical learning skills and the steps needed for eventual admission to UCLA.

After the UCLA fellows instruct the high school scholars in an extensive learning system called PALS (Personal Academic Learning System), the scholars then teach the method to middle school students ("junior scholars").  Currently, the Career Based Outreach Program is in 19 Los Angeles schools.  The primary goal of CBOP is to increase the academic competitiveness of disadvantaged students in LAUSD and increase diversity within the university population.

last updated 6/99