TRIO Day celebrated the positive impact federally funded TRIO programs have had on helping students access higher education.

The first semester of the average college student’s freshman year can involve a number of daunting situations in and out of ...

Binghamton University celebrated TRIO Day 2026 on Saturday, marking the 40th anniversary of the national initiative dedicated ...

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 ...

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 ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — 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 ...

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 ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — TRIO programs such as Upward Bound have long been an essential resource for low-income and first-generation college students. Some credit the program with helping shape who ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...