1999 Grant Data
February, 2005 GEAR UP High School Senior Survey: Are You College Ready?
- GEAR UP High School Seniors: Are You College Ready? - February, 2005 REPORT
- Senior Survey Data: Are You College Ready? - February, 2005 REPORT - GEAR UP Schools
- Senior Survey Data: Are You College Ready? - February, 2005 REPORT - non-GEAR UP Schools
- Reprint of article about GEAR UP from Times West Virginian, March 11, 2005
Thank Yous and Success Stories from 1999 Grant
The Federal Mission of GEAR UP is to significantly increase the number of low-income students who are prepared to enter and succeed in postsecondary education.
GEAR UP is a five-year, federally funded program as authorized under Title IV - Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended in 1998 (P.L. 105-244), Chapter 2 - Gaining Early Awareness & Readiness for Undergraduate Programs, Section 404A. Seventy-five million dollars was approved for GEAR UP Partnership grants for fiscal year 1999 - 2000, with additional funding approved for each of the next four years.
In 1999, Fairmont State College received one of 164 Partnership grants awarded throughout the United States, and the only partnership grant awarded in West Virginia at that time. The total grant award for the five year period is approximately twenty-one million dollars.