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# UCR program teaches college admissions to seventh-graders
- URL: https://www.raincrossgazette.com/noteworthy/ucr-program-teaches-college-admissions-to-seventh-graders/
- Published: 2025-02-28T20:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-22T13:30:05.000Z
- Author: Gazette Staff
- Tags: Education, #brief, #herald-noteworthy:67ad1a710461f2000102605d:1

UC Riverside's new Middle School Initiative aims to boost college attendance rates in the Inland Empire by [teaching seventh-graders about university admissions](https://calmatters.org/education/2025/02/early-exposure-college-inland-empire/?ref=raincrossgazette.com), addressing the region's college graduation rate of just 17.5%, which falls significantly below the state average.