January 13, 2020
COE is pleased to open nominations for the 2020 National Student Leadership Congress — an immersive leadership experience for rising high school juniors and seniors who participate in Talent Search, Upward Bound and Upward Bound Math-Science!
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January 6, 2020
Since 1986, the TRIO community has set aside the fourth Saturday in February as a Day of Service to commemorate National TRIO Day.
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December 17, 2019
The Federal Notice and Final RFP for the FY 2020 Student Support Services grant competition has been released with the due date of January 27, 2020.
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December 4, 2019
Recently, the Lumina Foundation featured COE Vice President for Research and Pell Institute Director, Margaret Cahalan, and Centennial Presidential Professor of Education and Executive Director of the Alliance for Higher Education and Democracy at the University of Pennsylvania on Episode 16 of its podcast “Today’s Students, Tomorrow’s Talent.”
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December 3, 2019
On Friday, November 29, the U.S. Department of Education sent a draft SSS request for proposal (RFP) and their workshop PowerPoint presentation to everyone who registered for their Student Support Services pre-application workshops.
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November 18, 2019
Today I, along with several members of the COE staff, met with the Robert King, Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education; Christopher McCaghren, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Higher Education Programs; Linda Byrd-Johnson, Senior Director of Student Service; and other U.S. Department of Education officials.
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November 9, 2019
Shortly after his year of service concluded, the University of Washington recognized Kristian Wiles for his accomplishments as Chair of COE's Board of Directors.
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November 5, 2019
Comcast Newsmakers recently featured COE President Maureen Hoyler on a segment discussing opportunities created for first-generation, low-income students by the Federal TRIO Programs.
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October 28, 2019
The 2019 First-Generation College Celebration is almost here! Hundreds of colleges and universities around the nation will be hosting panel discussions, workshops, and campus-wide celebrations to recognize their first-generation students, faculty, and leadership during the week of November 8.
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October 14, 2019
From October 6-9, 2019, approximately 45 upcoming leaders of state and regional educational opportunity chapters gathered at Yale University in New Haven, CT, for the Council for Opportunity in Education’s third annual Executive Leadership Institute for College Opportunity Professionals.
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September 9, 2019
In June 2019, the Council for Opportunity in Education (COE), the Center for First-Generation Student Success, and the Suder Foundation announced a new grant opportunity to support 2019 First-Generation College Celebration plans!
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August 26, 2019
The Council for Opportunity in Education and NASPA’s Center for First-generation Student Success are partnering again for the Third Annual First-Generation College Celebration on November 8, 2019!
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July 31, 2019
On Monday, September 9, 2019, Representative Lauren Underwood (D-IL) will address the TRIO community at COE’s 38th Annual Conference at the Hyatt Regency in Chicago.
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July 18, 2019
What does it mean to be “college material” and “workforce ready”? How is workforce preparedness and career readiness unique for students from underrepresented backgrounds?
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July 8, 2019
COE is proud to announce that the Opening Speaker for our 38th Annual Conference in Chicago will be Charles M. Blow, Op-Ed columnist for The New York Times.
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June 19, 2019
Each year COE and the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) collaborate to produce the national McNair Scholars Directory — a database of Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program scholars projected to graduate this year and next year.
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June 12, 2019
The Council for Opportunity in Education and the Center for First-Generation Student Success are proud to announce a new grant opportunity to support your 2019 First-Generation College Celebration plans!
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May 23, 2019
The Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education and The Alliance for Higher Education and Democracy at the University of Pennsylvania (PennAHEAD) released Indicators of Higher Education Equity in the United States — 2019 Historical Trend Report on Thursday, May 23, at the National Press Club.
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May 7, 2019
Idaho State University Executive Director of TRIO Sari Byerly will be recognized at the 2019 Idaho Business Review’s “Accomplished Under 40” honoree reception and awards dinner on June 20 in Boise.
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April 8, 2019
COE’s 38th Annual Conference in Chicago at the Hyatt Regency Chicago on September 8-11, 2019, is approaching. We had record attendance for last year’s conference in New York City.
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March 18, 2019
On March 16, 2019, Darylen Cote, Upward Bound Director at the University of Maine at Presque Isle was inducted into the Maine Women’s Hall of Fame. Cote — who has been with the TRIO program since 2004 — has been described as a tireless champion for women’s health, equality, and education.
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February 12, 2019
To commemorate National TRIO Day, COE Board Chair Kristian Wiles and the Resource Development Committee are kicking off a week of giving in honor of the Higher Education Act of 1965.
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January 30, 2019
The Student Financial Aid Research Network (SFARN) seeks proposals for presentations at the 36th Annual Conference to be held in Atlanta, GA.
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January 24, 2019
The State Leadership Committee of the Council for Opportunity in Education is pleased to announce the winners of the Paul T. Spraggins State Initiative Grant for Winter/Spring 2019.
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November 5, 2018
It's time to share your TRIO Story with the world! The Council for Opportunity in Education is launching a Faces of TRIO Campaign to collect stories from TRIO Alumni and share them on social media, in an effort to bring awareness to the effectiveness of TRIO programs.
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October 10, 2018
From October 7-10, 2018, approximately 35 leaders of TRIO state and regional associations gathered at Cornell University for the second annual COE Executive Leadership Institute for College Opportunity Professionals.
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September 24, 2018
Barry Cosgrove, TRIO Student Support Services Alumnus from Marquette University, and current CEO of Blackmore Escrow Inc. announced on Saturday, September 15, 2018, a planned gift of $1 million to help COE further its work in expanding resources for first-generation, low-income students, and students with disabilities.
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September 19, 2018
In September 2018, the Council for Opportunity in Education (COE) launched its Legacy Society. Through planned gifts, members of the Legacy Society commit to making an investment in students that will transcend their lifetimes.
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September 19, 2018
On Saturday, September 15, 2018, the Council for Opportunity in Education presented its first-ever TRIO Family Achievement Award to Academy Award-winning actress Viola Davis along with her sisters, Dianne, Anita, and Deloris, as well as their mother, Mae Alice.
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September 18, 2018
Meet the officers of the 2018-2019 Council for Opportunity in Education Board of Directors.
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September 18, 2018
Congratulations to the 2018 Walter O. Mason Award recipients. The Walter O. Mason Award is the highest honor awarded by the Council for Opportunity in Education and recognizes individuals for outstanding contributions to college opportunity programs and the advancement of educational opportunity for low-income, first-generation students and students with disabilities.
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September 17, 2018
On Saturday, September 15, 2018, the Council for Opportunity in Education presented actress Viola Davis and her family with the first TRIO Family Achievement Award during their 37th Annual Conference in New York City.
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September 14, 2018
Congratulations to the 2018 National TRIO Achievers who we honored on September 13, 2018, at the Council for Opportunity in Education's 37th Annual Conference in New York City.
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August 13, 2018
COE is proud to announce that the state of Illinois is the winner of the 2018 TRIO Alumni Competition.
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August 8, 2018
On Saturday, September 15, COE will bestow its first ever TRIO Family Achievement Award on award-winning actress Viola Davis, her sisters, and their mother during our 37th Annual Conference.
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June 21, 2018
To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Student Support Services, COE is sponsoring a Student Support Services Video Competition.
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June 15, 2018
American and European educators traded information on best practices in college access, retention, and success at the European Access Network (EAN) conference in The Hague last week.
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June 14, 2018
The State Leadership Committee of the Council for Opportunity in Education is pleased to announce the winners of the Paul T. Spraggins State Initiative Grant for Summer 2018.
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June 14, 2018
The 2018 Keith Sherin Global Leaders are now settled in Salamanca, where they are taking courses, learning Spanish, eating tapas, and visiting cathedrals and monuments.
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June 13, 2018
In a Mock Congress this week in Washington, D.C., nearly 200 high school student delegates from low-income backgrounds who aspire not only to be first in their families to attend college, but also to become future leaders, examined current policy issues such as net neutrality, human cloning, border security and online privacy, discussed viewpoints for and against those issues, and researched, wrote, debated, and developed legislative bills.
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February 12, 2018
In conjunction with its 38th Annual Policy Seminar, the Council for Opportunity in Education will host the 2nd Annual National TRIO Alumni Leadership Forum on Monday, March 12, 2018, in Washington, D.C.
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December 8, 2017
COE sadly acknowledges the passing of Irma Burks Daily, one of the founders of the organization that would become the Council for Opportunity in Education.
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November 6, 2017
The president of Metropolitan State University and many of their administrators and faculty are first-generation college students.
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November 1, 2017
The Kilgore College SSS Program will be hosting "I'm F1RST" recognitions on November 8. Any staff or faculty who were first-generation students will receive a sign to post on their office doors recognizing them.
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October 30, 2017
Ivy Tech Community College will be hosting a campus-wide First-Generation Student Celebration. The event is sponsored by the Office of Student Life and will feature lunch, music, and a panel discussion.
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October 23, 2017
The Student Support Services and Upward Bound programs at Indiana University Purdue University in Fort Wayne, Indiana will be hosting a campus-wide event celebrating and recognizing first-generation students, faculty, and staff on campus by means of a First-Generation Birthday Party on November 8.
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October 11, 2017
Friday, October 6th, marked the 4th Annual TRIO Alumni Reception. TRIO alumni gathered at the downtown campus of DePaul University, this year's host site.
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October 10, 2017
The Student Support Services and Talent Search programs at Dabney S. Lancaster Community College in Clifton Forge, Virginia are joining forces with the Office of the President to highlight faculty, staff, and students who are first-generation on campus through special banners and buttons.
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September 26, 2017
From September 28 to October 1, 2017, approximately 60 leaders representing college access and success programs from across the United States assembled at Princeton University to participate in the Council for Opportunity in Education's first Executive Leadership Institute for College Opportunity Professionals.
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September 26, 2017
The Council for Opportunity in Education (COE) and the entire TRIO community is deeply concerned for our colleagues, their students and families in Puerto Rico.
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August 31, 2017
Congratulations to Jerry Lewis, Executive Director of the Academic Achievement Program on being selected to receive the President's Medal of Honor/Recognition of the University of Maryland.
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August 8, 2017
The Rhode Island Board of Education approved the appointment of former COE Board Member, Brenda Dann-Messier, to Rhode Island’s commissioner of post-secondary education Wednesday night.
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August 1, 2017
The 2015-2016 Compensation Survey of TRIO and GEAR UP professionals is now available to COE institutional members.
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July 6, 2017
The 2017 Keith Sherin Global Leaders spent the month of June taking Spanish language classes, visiting cities and sites in Spain, and navigating their host culture.
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June 21, 2017
On June 10-15, 2017, nearly 200 Talent Search, Upward Bound, and Upward Bound Math/Science students participated in COE's 2017 National Student Leadership Congress (NSLC) at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
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May 24, 2017
The Council for Opportunity in Education invites you to participate in a short survey to provide feedback regarding your employment with TRIO/GEAR-UP during the 2015-2016 year.
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April 11, 2017
The Pell Institute and PennAHEAD are pleased to announce the publication of the Indicators of Higher Education Equity in the United States — 2017 Historical Trend Report.
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April 10, 2017
The 2nd World Congress on Access to Postsecondary Education will take place November 1-3, 2017, at the University of São Paulo in São Paulo, Brazil.
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April 6, 2017
Thomas R. Wolanin, a good friend of first-generation students — and of TRIO — died peacefully Sunday, April 2, 2017, after a long battle with cancer.
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April 2, 2017
At the Boys and Girls Club in this rural city in southern Oklahoma, the director is unsure how he will stay open if President Trump’s proposed budget goes through, eliminating money for several staff positions.
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March 31, 2017
The New York Times recently published a letter by COE President Maureen Hoyler in response to a feature story about college access for low-income high school students.
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March 26, 2017
When President Trump issued his budget plan for the government’s next fiscal year, his proposed cuts in education programs hit close to home for thousands of people across the nation who count federal assistance as key to their ability to go to and complete college.
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March 19, 2017
The Council for Opportunity in Education has launched a new website exclusively for TRIO Alumni.
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March 17, 2017
Harry L. Williams had no doubt he was going to college, even though his parents never attended and could offer no guidance on applying or enrolling.
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March 7, 2017
In the March 13, 2017, print edition of People magazine, Oscar winner Viola Davis discusses Upward Bound and its role in her path to college.
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March 3, 2017
Sunny Monterey, California served as the backdrop for the 39th Annual Conference for the Western Association of Educational Opportunity Personnel (WESTOP).
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February 27, 2017
The Global Access to Postsecondary Education (GAPS) Initiative was formally launched February 17 at a conference in The Hague, and planning has begun for the GAPS World Congress in São Paulo, Brazil, November 1-3, 2017.
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February 27, 2017
The Council for Opportunity in Education congratulates TRIO Upward Bound alumna Viola Davis, winner of the 2017 Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance in the motion picture, Fences.
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February 16, 2017
As the home of the Original Mardi Gras, Mobile, Alabama served as the festive backdrop to the 45th Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Educational Opportunity Program Personnel (SAEOPP).
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February 15, 2017
The Council for Opportunity in Education (COE) would like to offer condolences to the family and friends of Chandra Taylor Smith.
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January 30, 2017
In conjunction with its 37th Annual Policy Seminar, COE will host the first TRIO Alumni Leadership Forum on Sunday, March 19, 2017, in Washington, D.C.
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November 30, 2016
Last week, a U.S. District Court Judge in Texas issued a nationwide preliminary injunction to postpone implementation of the new Fair Labor Standards Act overtime rule, which was scheduled to go into effect on December 1.
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November 28, 2016
The Council for Opportunity in Education extends its deepest condolences to the family of Debra Saunders-White, who served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Higher Education Programs (HEP) at the U.S. Department of Education from 2011-2013.
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November 22, 2016
In the wake of an election that exposed and awakened widespread national divisiveness, we are blessed and grateful to be working with institutions of higher education.
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November 7, 2016
One of the highlights of COE's 2016 Annual Conference in San Diego was the Closing Plenary session, which featured Tia McNair, Vice President of the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Success at the Association of American Colleges and Universities.
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November 7, 2016
Tiffany Martinez, a participant in the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program at Suffolk University, was caught off guard when her blog post about how her professor accused her of plagiarizing for using the word "hence" went viral.
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October 26, 2016
More than 100 TRIO alumni gathered at the downtown campus of Loyola University Chicago, on October 14th, to mark the 3rd Annual TRIO Alumni Reception.
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October 18, 2016
On Monday, October 17, the Upward Bound grant application was released with published in the Federal Register.
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October 18, 2016
Applications are now open for TRIO Student Support Services and McNair participants and TRIO alumni to apply to next summer's Keith Sherin Global Leaders program, June 1 to July 1, 2017, in Salamanca, Spain co-sponsored by COE and Travel & Education.
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October 5, 2016
Loyola University Chicago hosts the Third Annual TRIO Chicago Collaborative Alumni reception! Alumni, TRIO family, and friends are invited.
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October 2, 2016
A highlight video of the 2016 National TRIO Achievers and videos of the individual awardees' speeches are now available on our YouTube page. Hear what they had to say about the impact TRIO had on their lives.
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September 30, 2016
Aside from the lack of family and peer encouragement that many of these students experience, there are also systemic issues in education that negatively affect these students, said Maureen Hoyler, President of the Washington, D.C.-based Council for Opportunity in Education.
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September 18, 2016
"There are first generation students everywhere," says Maureen Hoyler, the President of the Council for Opportunity in Education. "These are not new issues. They are really longstanding concerns."
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September 13, 2016
COE Orientation and Professional Development for New Professionals — Only 30 Slots Available.
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August 22, 2016
The Thurgood Marshall College Fund will today announce a national initiative designed to increase awareness about student loan repayment options for alumni of historically black colleges and universities.
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August 22, 2016
High school seniors and college students heading back to school should circle one date on their calendars: Oct. 1.
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August 22, 2016
We are proud to announce that Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton appointed North Hennepin Community College's TRIO student, Basil Ajuo, to the Minnesota State Board of Trustees.
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August 19, 2016
Giving back to our host city has become an annual tradition for COE's Annual Conference attendees and exhibitors.
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July 21, 2016
At the National Bar Association 40 Under 40 ceremony, Kimberly Jones, COE's Vice President for Public Policy, was honored with the 2016 Excellence in Activism Award, one of only 5 special awards handed out that evening.
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July 6, 2016
Thanks to the TRIO community, the 2016 Fair Share year which ended on June 30, 2016, was most successful! We exceeded our goal and achieved 109% with a grand total of $3,419,072.
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June 30, 2016
Often when it comes to advocacy, TRIO supporters feel that they must work alone. However, TRIO leaders in First Congressional District of Tennessee recently collaborated to craft programs specially designed to welcome their Member of Congress to campus and help him to learn more about the Federal TRIO Programs.
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June 9, 2016
It is with great pride that we share with you the news that COE's Vice-President for Public Policy, Kimberly Jones, has been named one of the National Bar Association's "40 Under 40 Nation's Best Advocates."
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June 3, 2016
On June 2, ACT and COE jointly released The Condition of College and Career Readiness 2015 — First-Generation Students, which discusses how first-generation students fare in meeting the ACT College Readiness Benchmarks in four core subject areas.
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May 23, 2016
Last week, the COE Board of Directors met in Washington, D.C., for their Spring Board Meeting. Among the topics and issues discussed were alumni outreach activities, the growth of COE's Communities of Practice, and the upcoming Annual Conference in San Diego.
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April 19, 2016
On April 19, 2016, the Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education held an event at the National Press Club to announce the release of the Indicators of Higher Education Equity in the United States — 2016 Historical Trend Report.
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April 18, 2016
Recently, several TRIO leaders spoke before the Minnesota House of Representatives in support of bill 2500.
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February 3, 2016
Last year, the Council for Opportunity in Education celebrated many victories. From a $60 million increase in TRIO funding to the inaugural publication of Indicators of Higher Education Equity in the U.S., 2015 was a banner year.
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