Time is spent in seminars and in laboratories. Qualifying students must have a B average and must be ranked in the upper third of their sophomore or junior HS class. This is an intensive eight-week summer laboratory and academic enrichment program for minority HS seniors who have been admitted to UIUC and intend to major in an agricultural, consumer or environmental sciences programs. It was established in 1983 through a cooperative effort by the College of ACES, Chicago-based agribusiness and the Chicago Board of Education. The school has an enrollment of 600 students drawn from all parts of Chicago.
ACES serves in an advisory capacity to the school.
Recruitment of Graduate Students. His responsibilities also extend to recruitment of minority graduate students. The goal is to identify interested and qualified undergraduate students at these schools and then to attract them to ACES for MS and PhD work in one of the seven ACES departments. Future Directions Enrollment in the College of ACES is currently limited by the UIUC campus to just over 2,000 undergraduate students. This is down from a high some 10 years ago of almost 3,000 students.