UPS School-To-Work Program
The UPS School-to-Work program in Louisville, Kentucky began in 1996 as a community service initiative designed to give high school seniors an opportunity to gain valuable work experience as well as earn college credits by taking preliminary college courses. Students in the program attend classes at their high school in the morning, work at UPS as package handlers from approximately 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and take a Jefferson Community and Technical College course twice a week in the UPS classroom. All students are required to be 17 years old prior to start, have a minimum grade point average of 2.5, good attendance, and a recommendation from their school counselor before entering the program. As a UPS employee, the students receive a benefits package that includes health coverage, a 401K plan, vacation pay, and a starting salary of $8.50 an hour.
The School-to-Work program has been chosen to serve as a feeder program for Metropolitan College - a program created to recruit approximately 2,200 of the 6,000 additional workers needed to support the UPS hub expansion in Louisville. Metropolitan College is a virtual university facilitated by UPS, college education and a part-time job at UPS. As students graduate from the School-to-Work program the University of Louisville and Jefferson Community and Technical College that offers students a free they are encouraged to pursue a college career via a seamless transition into the Metropolitan College program.
SCHOOL-TO-WORK CURRENT STATISTICAL INFORMATION
- Between 1996-2005, 2,143 students have successfully completed the program.
- The overall retention since inception of the program is 78%.
- The overall retention during college course sessions is 92%.
- Currently there are 165 students in the program for the 2005-2006 school year.
- For the 2005-2006 school year, currently 61% of students are male and 39% female.
- For the 2005-2006 school year, currently 48% of the students are minorities.
- There are 31 schools from 4 counties currently participating in the program during the 2005-2006 school.
COLLEGE CLASS INFORMATION
| English 101 |
(3 hrs.) |
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Basic Public Speaking |
(3 hrs.) |
| English 102 |
(3 hrs.) |
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Intro to Psychology |
(3 hrs.) |
| Intro to Business |
(3 hrs.) |
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Intro to Art |
(3 hrs.) |
| Algebra |
(3 hrs.) |
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Sociology |
(3 hrs.) |
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