A long-running federal program that helps first-generation and low-income students go to college is now at risk. TRIO has supported millions over the last 60 years, but proposed funding cuts could ...

“If there’s anything that changed my life, it’s TRIO.” When alumna Arya B. Nair ’25 began at FIU as a first-generation college student, she felt lost and overwhelmed. An email about the Golden Scholar ...

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 ...

With just days remaining before a Sept. 30 deadline, congressionally appropriated TRIO program funding is slowly trickling out to Georgia higher education institutions, but more than $2 million ...

College didn’t always seem attainable for Michaela Loggins, a first-generation student at Portland State University. Now, she’s pursuing a master’s degree. Loggins went to Tualatin High School before ...

Sometimes, when I talk about work, I like to say that if you want hope for the future, come meet the students in the McNair ...

(Editor’s note: The Federal TRIO Programs (TRIO) are Federal outreach and student services programs designed to identify and provide services for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds.) At ...

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