The Bureau of Higher Education Opportunity Programs, State Education Department awards grants to subsidize programs of academic and financial support for students who are both educationally and economically disadvantaged. Program funds are used to test and recruit prospective students and then for counseling, tutoring, and special academic courses and workshops for enrolled students.
Funds also provide supplemental student financial assistance and administrative costs for services.
HEOP's success is the result of the dedication and commitment of the staff of the Bureau of Higher Education Opportunity Programs, the independent colleges and universities that provide academic and fiscal resources to support the Program, the campus educators and other professionals who work directly with HEOP students, and the motivation and hard work of the students themselves.