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GEAR UP is designed to enable more young Americans to stay in school,
study hard, and take the right courses to go to college. It is aimed at
providing services to low-income student populations through communities
and States to create new or expanded plans that strengthen their schools.
Based upon proven models, GEAR UP programs support institutions of higher
education, local schools, community-based organizations, businesses, and
States to work together to help students and their parents gain needed
knowledge and strengthen academic programs and student services in the
schools. Through GEAR UP, the U.S. Department of Education addresses the
challenge to help more low-income students become prepared academically
and financially to enter into and succeed in college. The Consortium of
Universities has convened collaborative efforts for the past three years
in support of GEAR UP.
The US Department of Education awarded a GEAR UP grant
in the amount of $4.6 million over a five-year period to the DC State
Education Office (SEO). Georgetown University, Howard University, Southeastern
University, Trinity University, and the University of the District of Columbia
are the higher education partners for the DC GEAR UP program. The program
employs university/school partnerships committed to serving and accelerating
the academic achievement of cohorts of students through their high school
graduation.
George Mason University's Center for Service and Leadership,
in conjunction with Marymount University, Northern Virginia Community
College, Arlington County Public Schools, Greenbrier Learning Center and
the Urban Alternative, is the recipient of a $6 million, five-year GEAR
UP grant for 2000-2001. The grant provides 27 student mentors from George
Mason to middle and high school students who are seeking more information
about college.
For more information, contact Vera Redfearn
Faulkner at faulkner@consortium.org.
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