“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Two federally funded college access programs helped make college a reality for Gisel Suarez Bonilla. As a first-generation college student, the programs taught her about applying for scholarships, ...

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 – ...

LAFAYETTE PARISH — Lafayette- Olivia Toutcheque always dreamed of going to college. As a first-generation student, that dream once felt distant—until she joined the TRIO Upward Bound program. “I ...

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 ...

Federally funded TRIO programs, which help low-income and first-generation college students, are facing funding delays and potential elimination. Local agencies and universities in the Coastal Bend ...

On Oct. 10, personnel who oversee the distribution of TRIO grants within the U.S. Department of Education were part of widespread layoffs, according to USA TODAY. The federal TRIO programs began with ...