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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Calling a 61-year-old federally funded project “a relic of the past” is insulting, not because I’m just a few years older than the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Around California this summer, low-income and first-generation students are staying in college dorms for the first time. High schoolers are camping beside the Klamath River. Undergraduates are ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...