September 8, 2008 (Vol. 8, No. 2)

GEAR UP Program Receives Multimillion Dollar Grant

The Bronx Institute at Lehman College has received a multimillion-dollar 2008 Partnership Grant from the U.S. Department of Education for the Institute’s GEAR UP program (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs). The grant awards $2 million for each of the next six years to the program, which works with a network of Bronx middle schools to prepare students to succeed in higher education.

Out of 283 applicants, The Bronx Institute’s GEAR UP program was one of only seventeen programs throughout the country to receive the grant. "We are committed to supporting students as they strive to perform at the highest, most rigorous academic level," explained Professor Herminio Martinez, executive director of the Institute. "It is also our goal to provide this group of seventh graders and their families with the information necessary to make the most knowledgeable choices for high school."

GEAR UP is designed to increase the number of low-income students who are prepared to enter and succeed in postsecondary education. Grant recipients serve an entire cohort of students, beginning no later than seventh grade, and follow the cohort through high school.

Partners in the Bronx GEAR UP grant include Mosholu Montefiore Community Center, the Urban Assembly, the After School Corporation, United Way of New York City, Harvard University, Brown University, Fordham University, Columbia University, the College Board, and the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities.

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