- The GEAR UP
program is a discretionary grant program
designed to increase the number of low-income
students who are prepared to enter and succeed
in postsecondary education.
- GEAR UP grantees serve
an entire cohort of students beginning no
later than the seventh grade and follow the
cohort through high school.
- GEAR UP is unique
from other initiatives. This program employs
partnerships committed to serving and
accelerating the academic achievement of
cohorts of students through their high school
graduation.
- GEAR UP
partnerships supplement (not supplant)
existing reform efforts, offer services that
promote academic preparation and the
understanding of necessary costs to attend
college, provide professional development, and
continuously build capacity so that projects
can be sustained beyond the term of the grant.
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MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of the GEAR UP Program is to ensure that the
number of first generation, low - income middle school
students are academically prepared for and motivated to pursue
and succeed in a program of post - secondary education.
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