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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"GEAR UP"”.
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GEAR UP Aspirations Project Evaluation
… and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) Aspirations Project (Aspirations) using a Context, Input, Process, and Product (CIPP) model so as to gain an in-depth understanding of the project during the middle school implementation and inform future practices. The evaluation employed …
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The Federal Presence in Education: An Analysis of One GEAR UP Grant Program’s Impact
This research project investigated the federal GEAR UP grant program, designed to improve the college preparedness and college success rate of low-income/minority students, as implemented in the Marietta City School District. The demographics of the district are 65 percent economically …
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An investigation of the lasting impact the C.H.A.M.P/GEAR-Up program at Rowan University has on selected alumni
… determine the lasting impact of the C.H.A.M.P./GEAR-Up program alumni before the fall of 2004. The study involved 78 subjects, divided into two groups. Group one consisted of 70 subjects who participated in a survey. Group two consisted of eight subjects who participated in an interview.</p> …
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A Qualitative Study of School Staff Perceptions of Lasting Effects after Implementation of GEAR UP in Five Rural East Tennessee Counties
… and their experiences with the implementation of GEAR UP TN. The primary purpose of this study was to examine how program activities and services are being sustained after funding for GEAR UP TN ceased.</p> <p>Qualitative methodology guided this study. This approach allowed for the perspectives …
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Latino and Caucasian Students' Academic and Non-academic Characteristics as Predictors of Educational Outcomes, High School and Beyond
… of the data were obtained through an existing GEAR UP database that maintained data for students in the Nevada GEAR UP program that was initiated in 2001; additional data were added to the research dataset by using archived GEAR UP records. The dataset was analyzed using quantitative research …
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Mitigating delinquency through academic intervention: an empirical test of social control theory
… for 236 ninth grade students involved in the GEAR UP program, a partial test of Hirschi’s social control theory (1969) was conducted to investigate the effect of academic performance and social bonds on problem behavior. Rarely tested in at-risk, minority student groups, the adolescents …
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Sustainability of Parent Involvement in Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs
… involvement worthwhile. It is recommended that GEAR UP administrators involve parents in highly engaging activities, such as (a) planning activities for their children or other parents, (b) serving on decision making boards, and (c) recruitment of other parents.
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Singapore trade center in Boston : a design exploration into architectural identity
… from the reality of global exposure. To keep up with the pace and challenge of today's economic forces, Singapore will have to shift her traditionally intermediary trade pOSition into a main role in the economic arena. To achieve this role, her existing port-city will have to gear-up to …
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The Influence of Relational Knowledge on the Transition out of Secondary School: An Investigation of How Social Capital and Social Goals Affect Educational Pathways
… in both family and school relationships that supports procedural preparation for college and explains the persistence of unequal circumstances on educational pathways. Using the Educational Longitudinal Survey (2002-2006, students = 16k; schools = 750) and by means of multilevel structural …
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How African American College Graduates Who Attended An Early College Describe The Benefits
… degree. Individual Agency was evident in the support of the family which played a major role in the participant’s ability to complete a college degree, but it was more so the individual’s fortitude and their inner strength or their agency that made obtaining their college degree possible.</p> …
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A Grounded Theory Approach to Understanding the Persistence Issue that Exists for Lower-Socio Economic Status College Students
<p>Despite decades of research and program implementation in both the K-12 and higher educational systems, students of low socio-economic status (SES) still have access to and persist in higher education at significantly lower numbers than their more affluent peers (Gollnick & Chinn, 2012; Perna, …