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California GEAR UP Partner Websites

Highlighted below is a list and brief description of the California GEAR UP Partners, as referenced on the California GEAR UP website. GEAR UP Partners assist and support the California GEAR UP Program in an advisory capacity.

Website Title: ACT, Inc.
Address: http://www.act.org

Description: An independent, not-for-profit organization that provides more than a hundred assessment, research, information, and program management services in the broad areas of educational planning, career planning, and workforce development.


Website Title: California Department of Education
Address: http://www.cde.ca.gov

Description: Provides leadership, assistance, oversight, and resources so that every Californian has access to an education that meets world-class standards.


Website Title: California Student Aid Commission
Address: http://www.csac.ca.gov

Description: Contains a wealth of information on state, federal, and institutional financial aid programs.


Website Title: California Student Opportunity and Access Program (Cal-SOAP)
Address: http://www.csac.ca.gov/

Description: Contains a wealth of information on state, federal, and institutional financial aid programs.


Website Title: The College Board
Address: http://www.collegeboard.com

Description: The mission of the College Board is to prepare, inspire, and connect students to college opportunities. Its members include more than 3,800 schools, colleges, universities, and other educational associations.


Website Title: Intersegmental Coordinating Committee
Address: http://www.certicc.org/OrderPublications.aspx

Description: The Intersegmental Coordinating Committee (ICC) is the programmatic arm of the California Education Round Table.


Website Title: Parent Institute for Quality Education
Address: http://www.piqe.org

Description: The mission is to help bring schools and parents together as partners in the education of their children.


Website Title: University of California's Principals Leadership Institute
Address: http://principals.berkeley.edu/principals_institute.html

Description: Committed to prepare a new generation of leaders for urban schools in the Bay Area.


Website Title: WESTOP
Address: http://westop.org/

Description: WESTOP is a regional network of members interested in furthering access to educational opportunities for economically and educationally disadvantaged persons and persons with disabilities by enhancing members' professional development and equipping members with the right tools necessary in promoting institutional approaches at the local level and furthering policies at both the state and federal level, which would advance educational equity.




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