The Federal TRIO Programs (TRIO) are Federal
outreach and student services programs designed to identify and
provide services for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds.
TRIO includes eight programs targeted to serve and assist
low-income individuals, first-generation college students, and
individuals with disabilities to progress through the academic
pipeline from middle school to postbaccalaureate programs. TRIO
also includes a training program for directors and staff of TRIO
projects.
STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES
The Student Support Services program helps students to stay in
college until they ultimately earn their baccalaureate
degree. Participants receive free tutoring, career and
personal counseling, academic advising, mentoring, and college
survival skills. Students in the Student Support Services
program are more than TWICE as likely to remain in college as those
students from similar backgrounds who do not participate in the
program.
RONALD E. MCNAIR POST-BACCALAUREATE ACHIEVEMENT
Ronald R. McNair programs encourage low-income and minority
undergraduates to consider careers in college teaching/research as
well as prepare them for doctoral study.
Named in honor of the astronaut
who died in the 1986 space-shuttle explosion, students who
participate in this program are provided with research
opportunities and faculty mentors.
About 100 programs currently
serve 3,300 students.
UPWARD BOUND
Upward Bound helps high school students prepare for higher
education.
Participants receive instruction
in literature, foreign languages, composition, mathematics and
science on college campuses and in the summer.
Students in the Upward Bound
program are FOUR times more likely to earn an undergraduate degree
than those students from similar backgrounds who did not
participate in TRIO.
EDUCATIONAL TALENT SEARCH
Talent Search is an early intervention program, which encourages
middle and high school participants to complete secondary and
post-secondary education programs.
Participants receive information
regarding career exploration, college exploration and financial aid
assistance.
VETERANS UPWARD BOUND
The goal of Veterans Upward Bound is to provide academic services
that allow and encourage veterans to be successful when entering a
post-secondary education program that leads to graduation.
Participants receive instruction
in GED preparation and/or instruction in literature, foreign
languages, composition, mathematics and science.
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY CENTER
The Educational Opportunity Center (EOC) is a free TRIO program
designed to assist 1000 adults in obtaining a GED and/or with
college or vocational school enrollment. EOC staff assists
participants with determination of educational goals, academic
assistance, completion of college admission and financial aid
applications, college adjustment concerns and career exploration.
The program is for anyone who does not already have a four-year
degree. The program can even continue to assist students after they
have begun college coursework.