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West Virginia Department of Education GEAR UP Project: Year 1 Baseline Survey (2000-2001). Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs.

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Howley, Caitlin; Cowley, Kimberly S. – 2001

GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs) is a federally funded program aimed at encouraging disadvantaged middle and high school students to have high expectations, stay in school, and take college preparatory courses. The West Virginia Department of Education received funding to conduct the program in eight rural…

Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, College Preparation, Disadvantaged Youth, Grade 7

Fairmont State College GEAR UP Project: Year 2 Baseline Survey (2000-2001).

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Cowley, Kimberly S. – 2001

In 1999, the U.S. Department of Education funded 21 state and 164 college and middle school partnership grants for Project GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs), which encourages disadvantaged youth to prepare for college. As part of its grant, Fairmont State College (West Virginia) surveyed parents and…

Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, College Bound Students, College Preparation, Disadvantaged Youth