GEAR UP Iowa prepares Falcons for the future
Joseph Potts, Reporter
October 24, 2018
Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness Undergraduate Programs, also known as GEAR UP, is a grant awarded to the Iowa College Student Aid Commission that began in the fall of 2014. The grant was about $22 million. West is a part of GEAR UP, a program to help low-income students to prepare for pos...
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