College Access Partnerships

2024 — App State’s 125th year was marked by resilience, progress and opportunity
Jan 8, 2025

With the close of 2024, Appalachian State University reflects on a year of remarkable growth and achievements — one defined by Mountaineer resilienc...

Education Policy Fellowship Program 2024-2025 Cohort
Dec 19, 2024

Five faculty and staff in the Reich College of Education (RCOE) including one CAP staff member, and five educators from GEAR UP districts will be part...

Governor-elect Josh Stein forms advisory committee to rebuild Western North Carolina
Nov 27, 2024

Governor-elect Josh Stein announced the launch of his Rebuilding Western North Carolina Advisory Committee on Tuesday, Nov. 19. This committee was cre...

Hurricane Relief & Support
Nov 12, 2024

In light of the devastation and destruction that Hurricane Helene left in its path across Western North Carolina, there has been an overwhelming outpo...

GEAR Up's Corinne Smith Interviewed on High Country Radio
Oct 30, 2024

Note: This interviewed aired before Hurricane Helene.It is National Gear Up week and Corinne Smith, Gear Up Director from App State, stopped by W...

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App State awarded $35 million grant to expand GEAR UP college access program
Sep 5, 2024

The U.S. Department of Education has awarded a seven-year, $35 million GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Prog...

The ETL team pictured with school administrator and leaders who attended a summer convening session to learn more about supporting teachers in the self-directed learning process.

Grantee Spotlight
Apr 9, 2024

Empowering Teacher Learning (ETL) focuses on shifting the way teachers engage with professional learning to maintain licensure in rural, western ...

Perspective | North Carolina schools are anything but ‘low-performing’
Jan 18, 2023

Over the past three months, our team from the Empowering Teacher Learning (ETL) project at Appalachian State University has been traversing western No...

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College Access Partnership Staff Give Back to the Community
Nov 7, 2022

Eighteen College Access Partnership staff volunteered with App Builds a Home over three days this semester as part of their community service pro...