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GEAR UP, TRIO Officials Mobilize Support To Save College-Access Programs

GEAR UP, TRIO Officials Mobilize SupportTo Save College-Access ProgramsBy Tracie PowellWith an older brother in prison and a father he hardly knew, the most Ronnie Rice had hoped for was a spot in the military or a job at one of the factories in his hometown of Mobile, Ala. For this borderline high-school student, college […]

March 23, 2005

Grants & Awards

Baltimore City Community College (BCCC) received a $48,746 grant from the Maryland Higher Education Commission (MHEC) to conduct a GEAR UP Weekend Academy. This MHEC grant was made through its College Preparation Intervention Program (CPIP). BCCC will administer this project in collaboration with the Morgan State University ACE/GEAR UP Program. Hampton University (Va.) was awarded […]

August 27, 2003

HBCUs, Access Programs Gain New Funds

HBCUs, Access Programs Gain New FundsBy Charles DervaricsFederal programs designed to promote college access and improve minority-serving colleges are among the winners in the final 2002 budget deliberations involving Congress and the White House.The House of Representatives and the Senate approved legislation just before Christmas that will provide more funds for historically Black colleges and […]

January 16, 2002

Plans to Limit GEAR UP Program Stir Concern

Plans to Limit GEAR UP Program Stir ConcernBush administration plans to limit the new GEAR UP college awareness program are drawing fire from a Congressional Black Caucus member who helped launch the program.GEAR UP will serve 175,000 fewer children than it could have given current federal funding, says Rep. Chaka Fattah, D-Pa. Through GEAR UP, […]

October 24, 2001

Paige Pledges Support for College Access Programs

Paige Pledges Support for College Access ProgramsBy Charles DervaricsDr. Roderick Paige, Bush’s choice for Education Secretary, has pledged support for GEAR UP, TRIO and other college access programs for the disadvantaged, saying, these programs “are imperative in closing the national achievement gap between disadvantaged students and their peers.”Rep. Chaka Fattah, D-Pa., a leading Black lawmaker, […]

January 31, 2001

Paige Pledges Support for College Access Programs

Paige Pledges Support for College Access ProgramsBy Charles DervaricsDr. Roderick Paige, Bush’s choice for Education Secretary, has pledged support for GEAR UP, TRIO and other college access programs for the disadvantaged, saying, these programs “are imperative in closing the national achievement gap between disadvantaged students and their peers.”Rep. Chaka Fattah, D-Pa., a leading Black lawmaker, […]

January 31, 2001

GEAR UP Program Having Impact, Leaders Say

GEAR UP Program Having Impact, Leaders SayProject administrators, program funders and national experts said at last month’s meeting that the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs, a $200 million federal administration initiative to improve college success for low-income students, is having a strong impact on states and local communities.The briefing was part of […]

November 22, 2000

Federal GEAR UP Program May Need Bailing Out

Federal GEAR UP Program May Need Bailing OutT he federal GEAR UP project may need a quick infusion of money if it wants to meet its grant obligations, say advocates seeking more funds for the two-year-old project. The Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs effort needs at least $229 million to cover all […]

October 25, 2000

Black Colleges Gain Status in GEAR UP Grant Competition

Black Colleges Gain Status in GEAR UP Grant CompetitionBlack colleges fared somewhat better in the 2000 Gaining Early Access and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs grant competition than they did in the program’s inaugural competition last year.Some HBCU leaders were critical of the first grant awards under GEAR UP, a new federal program that promotes college […]

October 11, 2000

GEAR UP Facing Criticism

GEAR UP Facing CriticismCongressional sponsors of the 2-year-old Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs have beaten back attempts to terminate the initiative, but prospects for future funding growth may be dimming.House and Senate negotiators in late July rejected White House recommendations to increase funding for the program from $200 million to $325 million. […]

August 30, 2000

Senate’s Funding Formula More Generous to Education Than House’s

Senate’s Funding Formula More Generous to Education Than House’sWASHINGTON — Amid predictions of a federal budget meltdown, historically Black colleges and universities and sponsors of college access programs got a little bit of good news from the U.S. Senate this month.In its most definitive statement yet on the year 2000 education budget, Senate leaders came […]

October 27, 1999

Feds Hand Out $120M to Expand College Access

Feds Hand Out $120M to Expand College AccessWASHINGTON — With the new academic year just days away, the Clinton administration tagged 21 states and 164 local partnerships to serve as the first participants in the highly-touted “Gear Up for College” program to boost access to higher education.Approved last year, the program targets at-risk students early […]

September 15, 1999

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