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, ...

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 ...

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, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Akron Public Schools' program to help low-income students prepare for college has been defunded. The U.S. Department of Education ...

CONNEAUT — Conneaut Area City Schools Superintendent Lori Riley said at a Wednesday board meeting federal grant funding for Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs is being ...

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, ...

This week, 160 prospective students will see the Towers model dorm room and the George Sherman Union. They will also attend workshops and seminars in the Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation ...