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Why Trump’s Budget Proposal Betrays a Generation of Low-Income College Students
Alejandra Campoverdi and Aaron Brown, Ph.D.June 11, 2025
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The Council for Opportunity in Education Announces 2025 National TRIO Achiever Award Recipients
Terrance L. HammJuly 10, 2025
These five TRIO alumni whose journeys from first-generation and low-income beginnings to leaders in aviation, health justice, mechanical engineering, the arts, and professional sports remind us that access to higher education transforms lives and communities. Read how Beverly Black, Frankie Cordero, Natalia Giraldo-Santiago, Richard LaDouceur, and Leticia Silva are transforming their communities and inspiring the next generation.
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Federal TRIO Programs (Talent Search, Upward Bound, Upward Bound Math/Science, Veterans’ Upward Bound, Student Support Services, Educational Opportunity Centers, and the Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program) help students to overcome economic, social, academic, and cultural barriers to higher education.
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Christina Westbrook
Student Support Services, Illinois State University
Colette Yellow Robe
Student Support Services, Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program, University of Nebraska – Lincoln
Edwin C. Serrano
Upward Bound Math-Science, University of Texas at Arlington
Gabrielle A. Davis
Upward Bound, Student Support Services, Talent Search, Southern Arkansas University
Kel Bonton
Talent Search, COPE Inc.
Seth Fairchild
Upward Bound Math-Science, Southeastern Oklahoma State University
Tameka Ellington
Upward Bound, Cuyahoga Community College
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