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Transfer Advocate Blog, Issue 26

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Missouri State News Celebrate Nontraditional Student Week and National First-Generation College Student Week! November 4-8 is Nontraditional Student Week and National First-Generation College Student Week! Take part in the Nontraditional Student Celebration on November 6!

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Council for Opportunity in Education Condemns President Trump’s Proposal to Eliminate Federal TRIO Programs 

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Hamm President Trumps newly released 2026 budget proposes the complete elimination of the Federal TRIO Programs, which have helped millions of low-income, first-generation students – including veterans, adult learners, and students with disabilities – succeed in higher education for over 60 years. WASHINGTON, D.C.

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Pat Williams: A Champion Who Gave Wings to TRIO’s Defiance 

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Instead, with the vision of celebrating our students’ resilience, we assembled before the Lincoln Memorial on what became our very first National TRIO Day. We had learned that the House was moving to eliminate our Student Support Services program at the very moment we were gaining momentum nationwide. I’m forever grateful that U.S.

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TRIO Future Leaders Summit Ignites Passion and Purpose in First-Generation Students Nationwide

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TRIO Future Leaders Summit Ignites Passion and Purpose in First-Generation Students Nationwide July 24, 2025 — by Terrance L. The goal: prepare students from low-income and first-generation backgrounds for future leadership roles in public service, advocacy, and beyond. I learned so much I didn’t expect.”

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Why Trump’s Budget Proposal Betrays a Generation of Low-Income College Students

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Why Trump’s Budget Proposal Betrays a Generation of Low-Income College Students June 11, 2025 — by Alejandra Campoverdi and Aaron Brown, Ph.D. America loves to celebrate its “firsts”— first generation college students, first generation professionals, the first person in a family to break a cycle of poverty.

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More Than 10,000 TRIO Alumni Urge Congress to Protect Federal TRIO Programs

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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. Talent Search students are 33% more likely to enroll in college than those from the bottom income quartile.

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TRIO in the News, Summer 2025

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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). Hamm The Trump administration’s fiscal 2026 “skinny” budget proposes eliminating all $1.2