“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 ...

I was in Washington D.C last week and visited with U.S. Representative Ron Kind’s educational staff. During our conversation, I mentioned a story of a young women who grew up in rural Wisconsin. The ...

We hear a lot these days the question, “Is a college education still worth it?” I was fortunate growing up. Though our family didn’t have a lot of money, my brother and I never wanted for anything – ...

Beyond High School is our free monthly newsletter covering higher education policy and practices in Colorado. Sign up to get it delivered to your inbox early. At one time, Bailee Hernandez didn’t even ...

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 ...

Cameron Woodard, the director of TRIO Programs at the university, has a special touch for helping, encouraging and cheering on students to reach their full potential. Through TRIO, Cameron has been ...

Students at Arlington Heights High School’s 2022 graduation ceremony wear mortarboards bearing the logos of the colleges they plan to attend. Provided Over the past six decades, the federal TRIO ...

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 ...