Historical September 1991 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
Crossroads School junior Kelly Brown has been accepted to the Inroads Program, a national non-profit career development organization whose purpose is to develop and place talented minority youth in business and industry, and prepare them for corporate and community leadership. Successful applicants to the Inroads Program must have a 3.0 grade point average on a 4.0 scale or rank in the top 15 percent of their class to be considered for the program.
The student must also have completed a minimum of three years of high school English, mathematics and science with a grade of “B” or better. Demonstrated leadership in their school and community also are requirements for acceptance in the program. Once accepted, the student must meet and maintain its rigorous standards. Elements of the Inroads Program include completing mathematics and English courses during summer months of the junior year and during the senior year at Washington University and the University of Missouri at St. Louis, for which the student receives college credit.
During this time the Inroads student also must attend seminars conducted by leading business professionals and field trips to prominent corporations.
An Inroads staff person is assigned to each student in the program to provide individual counseling on academic, personal and career related matters. Competition for the few available places in the program each year is keen. Ms. Brown was selected from a group of 300 qualified applicants in the St. Louis area.
The 1991 Inroads Program has accepted 80 students and has 67 sponsor companies locally.
In 1990, over 1,000 companies across the U.S. participated in the Inroads Program with one or more students. Ms. Brown, a University city resident, began her Inroads instruction this summer.
She enjoys African. tap and jazz dancing, and reading.
Her goal is to attend Howard University in Washington. D.C.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, September 1991.
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