Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 3, 2025

The University of Illinois System and nonprofit organization One Million Degrees have announced a new multiyear initiative to increase community college transfer rates, with a particular focus on first-generation and low-income students in Illinois. in the past year, significant gaps remain.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

They shared their convictions with their two sons, including the importance of education and social service. Williams was raised Catholic and attended private institutions—he was often the only Black student in his class, or one of the few. It took him awhile to connect the dots from his passion to higher education. Rovaris, Sr.,

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COE

JULY 25, 2023

from the Young Doctors DC Class of 2026, proudly stands beside his supportive mother, Christine St. Growing up around family members who worked in TRIO, a federal program that provides student support resources to first-generation and low-income students and students with disabilities, he modeled the program after Upward Bound.

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COE

MARCH 11, 2024

However, among several requests for flat or even decreased funding in the education arena, we are pleased to see that the President’s budget includes an increase of $20 million for the Federal TRIO Programs in Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25), which would fund TRIO during Program Year 2025-2026. Department of Education here.)

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 1, 2025

The 103-page bill, released as part of the GOP's reconciliation legislation, targets several key financial aid programs that disproportionately serve low-income and underrepresented students. Education advocates warn these changes could create new barriers to higher education access and completion.

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COE

JUNE 3, 2025

The Trump Administrations claim that access is no longer an obstacle for low-income students is flatly contradicted by data and by the lived experience of more than 6 million TRIO alumni. of college-ready participants enrolled in higher education, and 71% applied. WASHINGTON, D.C. EOC programs report that 60.6%

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