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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
Meehan, Merrill L.; Cowley, Kimberly S.; Chadwick, Kristine L.; Whittaker, Denise – 2001
Parent and student surveys were conducted in nine primarily rural West Virginia counties to gather baseline information on incoming seventh-grade students' and parents' awareness of and aspirations for postsecondary education. The surveys are administered each year as part of Fairmont State College's GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, College Preparation, Grade 7, Higher Education
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
