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Download full textCowley, 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
Cowley, Kimberly S. – 2000
Project GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs) encourages disadvantaged youth to stay in school and prepare for college. To gather baseline information on incoming seventh-grade students' and parents' awareness of, interest in, and aspirations for students' postsecondary education, surveys were administered to…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, College Preparation, Disadvantaged Youth, Higher Education
Handley, Herbert M. – 1975
The study determined whether rural students enrolled in vocational programs which were considered to be exemplary for training disadvantaged youth differed in attitudes related to school and work from similar disadvantaged youth not enrolled in vocational studies. Ranging in age from 15 to 19 years, 115 students from 4 on-going vocational programs…
Descriptors: Altruism, Black Students, Comparative Analysis, Demonstration Programs
Miller, Harold J. – 1968
To determine how attending predominantly non-Indian schools affected rural Indian pupils, a study of 12 schools was conducted with specific objectives to: (1) determine differences by type of school attended and sex, (2) isolate and identify cultural conditions related to differences, (3) determine the comparative status of Indian pupils by…
Descriptors: Achievement, American Indians, Cultural Background, Desegregation Effects
Handley, Herbert M.; And Others – 1975
A study was conducted to determine whether the school and work related attitudes of students enrolled in model programs for training disadvantaged differed significantly from those of their counterparts who had no chance to take part in vocational education programs. Another goal of the study was to compare the affective characteristics of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Development, Comparative Analysis, Demonstration Programs
Cowley, Kimberly S.; Finch, Nicole; Blake, Jennifer – 2002
In 1999, Fairmont State College (FSC) received a U.S. Department of Education grant to implement Project GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs) in nine primarily-rural counties of West Virginia. GEAR UP encourages disadvantaged youth to have high expectations, stay in school, and take academically rigorous…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, College Preparation, College School Cooperation, Disadvantaged Youth
Pressman, Harvey – 1981
This book describes experimental demonstration programs in the United States on different ways to link school and work more meaningfully for disadvantaged teenagers. The programs are sponsored by Youthwork, Incorporated, a public-private partnership concerned with youth unemployment and the transition from school to work. The book provides…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Planning, Community Programs, Cooperative Programs
