About Oregon GEAR UP
College...it’s not a dream, it’s a plan. That’s our motto at Oregon GEAR UP, and it guides our work with middle and high schools around the state. We support schools in their efforts to set high academic expectations, promote early awareness of college opportunities, and engage students in college and career planning. Our goal is to increase the number of low-income students who are prepared to enter and succeed in postsecondary programs, and we work with school districts, colleges and universities, and a variety of partner organizations across Oregon to realize that goal.
Activities are concentrated in twenty Oregon schools receiving GEAR UP funding during the 2008-2014 grant cycle. Alongside the funding, GEAR UP provides these schools with technical assistance and coordinates a variety of statewide activities that support their development of successful college readiness initiatives.
Middle and high school staff design and carry out most of the GEAR UP program’s activities. Our partner organizations provide curriculum support, mentorship programs and professional development opportunities to the schools, as well as college campus-based events that expose students to college life.
GEAR UP Headlines
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Silent Hero Grants for summer food programs
posted: 03/10/10
National High School Center column focuses on early college programs
posted: 03/10/10
American Honda Foundation Grants for Science Education
posted: 03/10/10
Bring President Obama to Your High School
posted: 03/03/10
OSU-Cascades Campus Preview Day
posted: 09/25/09
EOU Preview! at Eastern Oregon University
posted: 09/25/09
SOU Preview Day
posted: 09/25/09
OSU Spring Visit
posted: 09/25/09
OSU Spring Visit
posted: 09/25/09
Duck Days at UO
posted: 09/25/09
Spotlight
University industry council awards $200K in pre-engineering grants to Oregon schools
The Oregon University System (OUS) and the Engineering and Technology Industry Council (ETIC) are pleased to announce the awarding of $203,774 in grants to 21 Oregon middle and high schools across the state for the implementation of pre-engineering curricula and activities for students. The available grants will help high schools get started in developing an extracurricular engineering teams program through eCHAMP (Engineering CoacHing And Mentoring Program), and support funding and teacher training for middle and high schools to start implementing the nationally-successful pre-engineering curricula of Project Lead the Way (PLTW). The funding is one component of ETIC’s goal to increase pre-college engineering programs and engineering degrees in order to meet state and industry needs for a highly-skilled, globally competitive workforce in Oregon. A special congratulations to Cottage Grove High School, a current GEAR UP school and successful eCHAMP grant applicant!
“I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it.”
— Vincent Van Gogh
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