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 ...

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 ...

President Donald Trump’s “skinny budget” proposal aims to eliminate a group of eight federally funded programs known as TRIO that support higher education access and success for individuals from ...

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 ...

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 ...

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. At one time, Bailee Hernandez didn’t even know how to enroll in college. No one in her family ...

Your donation today will help MinnPost continue to report on the news you need. Every year across Minnesota and the country, hundreds of thousands of students from low-income and first-generation ...

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 ...