Maria Carmen Vargas from the UC Santa Cruz GEAR UP program in Greenfield, California, was one of five recipients of the 2008 GEAR UP Parent Leadership Award presented today at the National Council for ...

STATEWIDE – The U.S. Department of Education has canceled a $34.9 million federal grant for the Purdue University-run Indiana GEAR UP college-readiness program. The termination, effective immediately, ...

Increasing pressure from school leaders, parents, and elected officials has so far not persuaded the Trump administration to restore the more than $30 million it abruptly eliminated for tutoring, ...

AUBURN, Ala., Sept. 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- As GEAR UP Achieve continues to lay the foundation for future college and career readiness and workforce success in Alabama's students, those impacted by ...

PVUSD students attend College Signing Day at UC Santa Cruz. This year marks 25 years of collaboration between the Pajaro Valley Unified School District (PVUSD) and UC Santa Cruz’s GEAR UP program, ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Thousands of at-risk students across Ohio who were getting mentored for post-high school success just had the rug pulled out from under them. Nine schools, including Mount Healthy ...

Akron Public Schools' program to help low-income students prepare for college has been defunded. The U.S. Department of Education has canceled roughly $3.6 million of the $7 million it had promised to ...

HUNTINGTON — West Virginia Gear Up is hosting its 2025 GEAR UP U Summer Academy program at Marshall University this week. The program is designed to prepare students in the 10th and 11th grades for ...