I reacted with disappointment and disagreement to Chester E. Finn Jr.'s assertion that the TRIO programs are part of what he labeled a “remediation industry” that has a vested interest in opposing ...

Federal TRIO programs provide support services to students from disadvantaged backgrounds like mine. So, when I hear policymakers refer to the TRIO suite of programs as a “relic,” I can’t help but ...

Riverdale High TRIO participant Christopher Navas, posing with his family at a program graduation on May 14, 2025, credits the program with getting him more involved in school. JUAN ESPARZA LOERA ...

Every summer, TRIO Programs across the country change the lives of nearly 870,000 students. I was one of those students. My life has never been the same. TRIO works. When I was 14 years old, I had the ...

Nationally, TRiO Day is recognized Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014 as a day of celebration, reflection and action around increased access to higher education for disadvantaged students. TRiO Programs ...

GREELEY — Aims Community College has been awarded a five-year $2.6 million federal grant to continue funding TRIO Student Support Services programs for students who are first generation, from a ...

Have you ever tried a new recipe but neglected to add a key ingredient? If so, it probably didn’t turn out so well or at least not as you expected. If I were to boil down all the things that go into ...

First-generation alumna Natalia Sanchez ’22 entered FIU four years ago with a dream to study criminal justice. But in her first semester, she found she was struggling in math and turned to Student ...

LAS CRUCES - In 1989, Susan C. Brown, then director of the Center for Learning Assistance, saw a need to help low-income and first-generation students and applied for the first TRIO Upward Bound grant ...

The University of Louisiana Monroe’s TRIO Program has received a $2,291,275 grant renewal from the U.S. Dept. of Education to fund TRIO’s Educational Talent Search program for an additional five years ...

Calling a 61-year-old federally funded project “a relic of the past” is insulting, not because I’m just a few years older than the Upward Bound program that continues to provide a vital service in ...

Every summer, TRIO Programs across the country change the lives of nearly 870,000 students. I was one of those students. My life has never been the same. TRIO works. When I was 14 years old, I had the ...