National: Eliminating programs that improve higher education access is a huge mistake
National: #RolandMartin Unfiltered Daily Digital Show
National: TRIO Advocates Fearful After Several Grants Discontinued
National: Legislature rejects ‘draconian’ cuts to UC and CSU, keeps TK-12 funding intact
National: Trump Wants to Cut More Than 40 Federal K-12 Programs. See Which Ones
National: #AdvocateFirstGen Guest Opinion: TRIO is Working—Don’t Let it Disappear
National: TRIO cuts emerge as Education budget sticking point
National: These colleges look to overcome cuts to federal student support
National: Trump Proposes Cutting Pell Grants in Order to Avert Shortfall
National: Federal Cancellations of Upward Bound Grants Signal Broader Threat to College Access Programs
National: McMahon defends $12B proposed cut to the Education Department
National: Trump Administration Delays $660M for College Access Programs
National: Trump Bypasses Congress and Slashes Hundreds of Education Grants
National: GED to PhD: How the McNair Program Changes Lives and our Nation
National: Senators object to Trump push to ax Education Department programs for low-income students
National: From the Holler to Higher Ed: A TRIO Story
National: Community colleges are losing millions in funding under Trump
National: 21 States, D.C. Ask Court to Reverse Ed Department’s TRIO Grant Rejections
Arizona: Federal funding pulled from Upward Bound program offered by PCC
Arizona: Embry-Riddle’s Upward Bound Program Celebrates Possibility and Changes Lives
Arizona: The Cost of Cutting TRIO – U of A Research
California: Eliminating programs that improve higher education access is a huge mistake
California: Low-income, first-generation students could lose vital college resource under Trump’s budget cuts
California: TRIO program faces budget cuts within the next year
California: Guest column: TRIO is not a relic, it’s a lifeline
California: Trump plan to cut programs that get poor kids into college makes no sense
California: Trump’s budget would reduce Pell Grant awards and work-study programs
California: Trump’s 2026 budget threatens federal programs for disadvantaged students
California: Trump wants to cut college access programs for low-income students; California educators are pushing back
Colorado: Colorado students, education leaders try to help TRIO college-access program avoid Trump cuts
Connecticut: TRIO transforms lives – but for how long?
Connecticut: 25 CT programs serving low-Income, first-gen students at risk
Florida: How an inspirational success story was made possible by Veterans Upward Bound
Georgia: SSU’s Upward Bound Program celebrates 2025 graduates during annual bridging ceremony
Georgia: ‘Devastating’: TRIO program director reacts to Trump’s 2026 proposed budget
Guam: UOG TRIO sends 2 high school students to National Student Leadership Congress
Guam: Palau president to record-breaking 375 UOG graduates: Stand up against proposed TRIO funding cuts
Idaho: MY TURN: TRIO program at risk of being cut
Illinois: Lake Land College And TRIO Destination College Host STEM Camp For Mattoon Middle School Students
Illinois: Lake Land College TRIO Students Honored At Banquet
Indiana: Thousands of Indiana students benefit from a college-access program Trump wants to end
Indiana: Trump admin cancels $35 million Purdue college prep program in DEI crackdown
Iowa: TRIO on Trump’s chopping block
Kansas: TRiO Interns Advocate at National Policy Seminar in Washington, D.C.
Kentucky: MSU’s TRIO program halts in-person services after grant delay
Louisiana: Letters: UNO’s Upward Bound program doesn’t deserve to be cut
Louisiana: Trump administration cuts to the Upward Bound program will impact Baton Rouge students
Maine: Sen. Collins says she helped secure Upward Bound funding for Maine
Maine: College administrators warn of adverse effects in Maine if TRIO program funding is cut
Maine: Feds cut funding for Maine high school program, citing diversity concerns
Maine: Trump administration denies appeal for Farmington Upward Bound funds
Massachusetts: Trump cuts would devastate community colleges, undermining lower-income students striving to better their lives
Massachusetts: Programs to support N.H.s neediest students in jeopardy because of Trump administrations proposed cuts
Massachusetts: Governor Healey Condemns Trump Administration Decision to Strip Massachusetts Veterans of College Program
Massachusetts: Navy vet blasts Trump administration’s cancellation of Mass. veteran college prep program
Minnesota: TRIO alum urge Congress to protect federal TRIO programs
Minnesota: Cuts in federal TRIO program will harm low-income and first-generation students
Minnesota: Winona State TRIO Program Awarded $3M In Grant Funding
Missouri: Federal cuts could gut Mizzou programs that support first-gen students
Montana: Two federal programs to support college students in limbo
New Hampshire: NH educators, students fight to save grants supporting disadvantaged college hopefuls
New Hampshire: Goodlander hosts roundtable on federal education funding cuts
New Mexico: Student support workers in NM decry proposed federal cuts to TRIO Programs
New York: SUNY Plattsburgh TRIO services funded next five years
Nevada: TRIO SSS Day of Service Sparks Transfer Dreams
North Carolina: TRIO funding cut proposal worries educators and students
North Carolina: TRIO Program faces cuts: What it could mean for students and families
Ohio: TRIO Talent Search guides students toward college, careers and the military
Oregon: Trump administration plans to abolish TRIO college access programs; Collins wants to save them
Pennsylvania: Success of TRIO program’s Student Support Services has many advocates
Pennsylvania: Montgomery County Community College loses some federal funding
Puerto Rico: Elimination of federal TRIO programs could increase school dropout rates in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Federal cuts affect educational programs for veterans
South Carolina: The Future of TRIO Programs
South Carolina: Public University invites alumni of TRIO programs to tell success stories given the uncertain future of the proposed budget
Tennessee: ETSU speaks on potential Pell Grant reductions, TRiO closure
Texas: Del Mar College promotes option to continue education with TRIO Educational Opportunity Center
Vermont: Vermont State University McNair Scholars Program faces closure amid funding concerns
Vermont: Scholarship program that helps VTSU-Castleton students at risk of ending
Virginia: TRIO Programs open doors to college for first-generation students
Washington: Proposed TRIO cuts to impact around 1,300 BBCC students
Washington: Trio and Trio STEM programs face potential termination amid federal budget cuts
West Virginia: West Virginia’s TRIO Program Which Supports First Gen College Students Faces Funding Cuts
West Virginia: WV’s TRIO program, which supports first-gen college students, faces funding cuts
Wisconsin: Upward Bound boosts college readiness for Madison’s first-generation students
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