Last Chance to Enroll!

Take advantage of the opportunity to connect nationally with your GEAR UP peers in one of NCCEP’s Learning Labs.  

• College Advising Learning Lab. Join Bottom Line to learn What Works Clearinghouse-certified strategies for helping students with the college search, application, and financial aid process. Applications are due August 15!

• Coordinator Learning Lab. New to GEAR UP? Over ten weeks with NCCEP and guest speakers, you will gain knowledge and strategies…

Thank you for joining us at the NCCEP/GEAR UP Annual Conference! We appreciate your participation and enthusiasm.

Stay tuned for the posting of session materials in the Quad's Resource Library-Conference Materials, where you'll find all the PowerPoint presentations, handouts, and resources from the event.

Federal Student Aid has developed online resources to assist students and their families correct or update the 2024–25 FAFSA form. Corrections may be necessary for various reasons, including:

• An incorrect Social Security number
• Missing signature
• Missing consent and approval

If a student or family member needs to update the 2024–25 FAFSA form after it is processed, they can do so after it is processed. Students should submit their 2024–25 FAFSA form as soon as possible to maximize the…

Come ready to participate! Discussion Labs are an opportunity to share, learn, and problem-solve together. 

During this Discussion Lab, we’ll reflect on our GEAR UP efforts, projects, and goals from this past year. We will celebrate and share our successes, identify what might not be working, and create a plan to move forward for next year. 

Come ready to share your lessons learned, and to learn from others. Leave with activities that you can use for your own development, to use with your GEAR…

This training will show you the power of analyzing aid offers and give you the tools, knowledge, and language to support students with this critical step in the financial aid process. We will review key aid offer terminology, examples, and practices. We will then introduce uAspire's College Cost Calculator, walk through a case study to show how to use this tool and explain the results to students. 

Click here to register.

Join the Common App team to review recent application trends and system enhancements planned for the 2024-2025 application cycle. We'll highlight tools you can use to support students throughout their college process. There will be time for Q&A, so come with your questions.

Common App offers two options for this webinar, May 23 at 11:00 am ET and May 29 at 2:00 pm ET, to accommodate varying time zones and scheduling availability. The content covered will be the same in each webinar, so…

Living the Mission: Celebrating 25 Years of GEAR UP

We invite you to register for the 2024 NCCEP / GEAR UP Annual Conference, which will take place July 21-24 in spectacular Washington, DC.

This year’s theme aims to highlight the incredible impact and work this community has accomplished over the past 25 years. We look forward to celebrating the past and encouraging future successes with you!

Click here to register today!

Have you been looking for fun ways to enhance your college tours – not just with students, but also with family members? Facilitated by NCCEP’s Family Engagement Advisory Committee, this conversation is meant to help you gain and share ideas on how to create meaningful college tours with families.

Join the conversation on May 9 at 2:00 pm ET! Discussion Labs are an opportunity to share, learn, and problem-solve together.

Click here to register today!

Getting a degree, credential, or training changes the lives of students, their families, and even their communities. That is why we celebrate College Signing Day each year! 

Join ReachHigher in celebrating ten years of cheering students on to postsecondary opportunities, supporting school counselors and college access professionals, and celebrating College Signing Day.  

Here are a few resources to assist you in planning and hosting your College Signing Day initiative: 

• View the 2024 College…