Timeline of AAP's history
The Academic Achievement Programs (AAP) office was established in 1990. It is an administrative branch which provides an organizational structure under which to maintain, coordinate, and provide leadership, development and supervision for five academic programs (Student Support Services, Intensive Educational Development, Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement, Summer Transitional Program and the Educational Opportunity Center).
The Intensive Educational Development Program (IED) was established as a pilot program in 1967 by Dr. Julia Davidson, Dr. George Marx, Dr. Thomas Magoon and Dr. Stanley Pavey. IED was designed to provide academic instruction, financial aid and counseling support services for high school seniors enrolled in the Upward Bound Program at the University of Maryland, College Park. Implementation of the program began during the summer of 1968 to the original 19 Upward Bound graduates.
The Federal Higher Education Amendment of 1965 and amended version of 1968 authorized the Student Support Services for Disadvantaged Students to provide special services for disadvantaged or at-risk students. In 1972, the University of Maryland, College Park, was awarded the Student Support Services Program (SSS), which became affiliated with IED.
The federally funded SSS program allowed for greater counseling services and expanded academic services to participants. This, in turn, allowed the state funded IED program to concentrate its academic efforts on tutoring, mathematics, English, reading, and college study skills development. The two programs formed a creditable, collaborative and coordinated partnership to provide a comprehensive service that creates a balance between cognitive and affective development through an array of academic skill-enhancing components and counseling.
In 1990, as the program began to expand under the leadership of Dr. Jerry L. Lewis to include the Returning Athletes and McNair Programs, the Administrative office titled Academic Achievement Programs (AAP) was created. AAP now includes the Educational Opportunity Center, created in 1998
The Intensive Educational Development Program (IED) was established as a pilot program in 1967 by Dr. Julia Davidson, Dr. George Marx, Dr. Thomas Magoon and Dr. Stanley Pavey. IED was designed to provide academic instruction, financial aid and counseling support services for high school seniors enrolled in the Upward Bound Program at the University of Maryland, College Park. Implementation of the program began during the summer of 1968 to the original 19 Upward Bound graduates.
The Federal Higher Education Amendment of 1965 and amended version of 1968 authorized the Student Support Services for Disadvantaged Students to provide special services for disadvantaged or at-risk students. In 1972, the University of Maryland, College Park, was awarded the Student Support Services Program (SSS), which became affiliated with IED.
The federally funded SSS program allowed for greater counseling services and expanded academic services to participants. This, in turn, allowed the state funded IED program to concentrate its academic efforts on tutoring, mathematics, English, reading, and college study skills development. The two programs formed a creditable, collaborative and coordinated partnership to provide a comprehensive service that creates a balance between cognitive and affective development through an array of academic skill-enhancing components and counseling.
In 1990, as the program began to expand under the leadership of Dr. Jerry L. Lewis to include the Returning Athletes and McNair Programs, the Administrative office titled Academic Achievement Programs (AAP) was created. AAP now includes the Educational Opportunity Center, created in 1998