TRIO in the News

The Trump administration’s fiscal 2026 “skinny” budget proposes eliminating all $1.2 billion in federal TRIO funding—citing concerns over performance measures and accountability—even as TRIO programs currently serve roughly 870,000 low-income, first-generation, and disabled students nationwide (about 17,500 in Colorado). Bipartisan opposition—from Senate TRIO Caucus co-chair Susan Collins (R-ME) and other lawmakers to Colorado education leaders and the Council for Opportunity in Education—underscores TRIO’s demonstrated track record of boosting college access and completion and makes it likely that Congress will reject the proposed cuts.

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: McMahon Fields Questions from Senators on Cuts to Maximum Pell Grant, TRIO, and More Student Aid Programs in President Trump’s Budget Request

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: Trump cuts to Education Department grants will cost students opportunities, educators and former employees say

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

Arizona: How the McNair Scholars Program shapes futures at the University of Arizona

Arkansas: Arkansas Tech University’s Upward Bound programs wins engineering title

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

California: McNair doctoral program propels alumna’s research on formerly incarcerated women

California: Student’s Research Inspires CLU Against Cancer Club

California: Former McNair Scholar Jessica Guerrero Builds Career as Orange County Senior Policy Adviser

Colorado: Colorado students, education leaders try to help TRIO college-access program avoid Trump cuts

Colorado: 14 Students Recognized as CU Boulder’s Graduating Leaders of the Year

Colorado: Colorado State University’s Access Center provide resources, opportunities to first-gen, limited-income students across Colorado

Connecticut: TRIO transforms lives – but for how long?

Connecticut: 25 CT programs serving low-Income, first-gen students at risk

District of Columbia: Low-income students face new financial barriers to higher education

District of Columbia: Students at ease after judge blocks Trump cuts to Upward Bound

Florida: How an inspirational success story was made possible by Veterans Upward Bound

Florida: TRIO programs help Panthers rise to new heights

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

Georgia: Savannah State Upward Bound program to celebrate 60 years with reunion gala

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

Idaho: ISU Celebrates National TRIO Day

Idaho: Upward Bound student receives life-changing scholarship from KFC Foundation

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

Illinois: Could ECC’s TRIO programs be impacted by federal funding cuts?

Illinois: Family Centered Educational Agency, Inc. National TRIO Day Conference

Illinois: A message from President Tarhule: from Campus to Capitol, Illinois State champions students and STEM investment

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

Iowa: Central Upward Bound marks 60 years

Kansas: TRiO Interns Advocate at National Policy Seminar in Washington, D.C.

Kentucky: MSU’s TRIO program halts in-person services after grant delay

Kentucky: Upward Bound Math Science student and Paducah Tilghman senior named Hispanic Scholarship Fund finalist

Louisiana: Local students fear for the future as President Trump’s budget proposal threatens the Federal TRIO Program

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

Louisiana: TRIO Day at the State Capitol

Louisiana: LSU program connects honors students with local senior citizens, bridges generations

Louisiana: Trump’s proposed budget threatens college access services for low-income students, education advocates say

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

Maine: Bill to fund UMF Upward Bound college-prep program moves forward

Maine: Good Returns: Upward Bound alum and director Rusty Brown gives back to transformative program

Maryland: Chesapeake College Recognized Nationally for Expanding TRIO-Informed Student Success Across Maryland’s Eastern Shore

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

Massachusetts: Despite federal pressures, colleges work to attract low income, first gen students

Massachusetts: Resilient – Dr. Kevin David Linton, Director of TRIO SSS at Salem State University

Michigan: Annual EMU STEM Day hosted by EMU’s TRIO Upward Bound program and the GameAbove College of Engineering and Technology

Michigan: PMG and Cranbrook Horizons-Upward Bound Launch Journey Fellowship Cohort 2

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

Nebraska: Southeast Community College, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Peru State, and Doane University celebrated the 40th anniversary of National TRIO Day

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

North Carolina: Central Carolina Community College celebrates TRIO programs that help disadvantaged students

Ohio: TRIO Talent Search guides students toward college, careers and the military

Ohio: Student Support Services as a Model for Equity: A Case Study of a TRIO Program’s Impact on Retention and Graduation

Ohio: Clark State students learn advantages of budget meal prep at a Dorothy Lane Market class

Oklahoma: This federal program has helped 26K Tulsans get college degrees, including Tulsa’s second in command

Oklahoma: TCC’s TRIO Day celebrates legacy of helping students access higher education

Oklahoma: Karina Treviño a McNair Scholar presents research at Southwestern Psychological Association Convention

Oregon: Trump administration plans to abolish TRIO college access programs; Collins wants to save them

Oregon: Upward Bound program giving SHHS students leg up

Pennsylvania: Success of TRIO program’s Student Support Services has many advocates

Pennsylvania: Montgomery County Community College loses some federal funding

Pennsylvania: Summer programs help future first-gen college students find support, connections

Pennsylvania: Celebrating TRIO: Stories of Achievement and Advocacy

Puerto Rico: Elimination of federal TRIO programs could increase school dropout rates in Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico: Federal cuts affect educational programs for veterans

Puerto Rico: Leonardo Orta and Norma Marques discussed the transformative impact of TRIO Programs and the 40th anniversary of National TRIO Day

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

South Carolina: Central Carolina Technical College Veterans Upward Bound earns Military Friendly School designation for 15th year

Tennessee: ETSU speaks on potential Pell Grant reductions, TRiO closure

Tennessee: MTSU secures $1.5M Department of Education grant

Texas: Del Mar College promotes option to continue education with TRIO Educational Opportunity Center

Texas: McNair program at TCU opens doors for first-generation scholars

Texas: Upward Bound senior Daniella Mercado accepted to three Ivy League schools

Vermont: Vermont State University McNair Scholars Program faces closure amid funding concerns

Vermont: Scholarship program that helps VTSU-Castleton students at risk of ending

Vermont:Vermont State University Alumni Advocate For TRIO At The National Policy Seminar

Virginia: TRIO Programs open doors to college for first-generation students

Virginia: TRIO Programs Expand Access and Opportunity for First-Generation, College-Bound Students at RCC

Washington: Federal delays and Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ jeopardize college program for students from migrant families

Washington: Proposed TRIO cuts to impact around 1,300 BBCC students

Washington: Trio and Trio STEM programs face potential termination amid federal budget cuts

Washington: Big Bend Community College Empowers First-Gen Students on National TRIO Day

Washington: WSU campuses to celebrate National TRIO Day

Washington: CONGRATULATIONS! Recognition for South Seattle College support services

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

West Virginia: HATS Program, United Way and Wahama FBLA partner on student-directed service project

Wisconsin: Upward Bound boosts college readiness for Madison’s first-generation students

Wisconsin: Summer Food Service Program to provide meals for UW-Eau Claire Upward Bound participants

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