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From Capital to CampusThe Department of Education, in cooperation with the National Council for Community and Education Partnerships, is sponsoring a series of grant-writing workshops. The goal: to help prospective grantees prepare competitive proposals for the NEA-supported GEAR UP early college preparation initiative. GEAR UP provides competitive grants to local partnerships between colleges and low-income middle schools and high schools. Other organizations, including faculty associations, are also encouraged to participate. For more information about the workshops, visit www.edpartnerships.org. GEAR UP applications will be available from the Education Department on February 15. Applicants can preview and use the draft GEAR UP application at the department's Web site: www.ed.gov. A group of NEA Higher Education leaders and members have been invited to participate in a focus group meeting with the new assistant secretary for postsecondary education, Lee Frischtler, in February. Participants are being asked to discuss federal issues for postsecondary education, including quality distance education programs and improving access to college. NEA will continue its bipartisan efforts in the second session of the 106th Congress to boost funding for the federal Pell Grant maximum award, now authorized for Fiscal Year 2001-02 at $5,100. The Pell Grant funding level is a sore point in the higher education community because Congress has yet to fund the maximum grant. To subscribe to the NEA E-mail Legislative Alert, send to lyris@list.nea.org this message: Subscribe hecongress. Or read the Alert on this web site. Share your legislative news with us. |
