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Vega, Blanca Elizabeth – Journal for Multicultural Education, 2022
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to understand how I--and many other students--became first-generation college students (FGCSs) by exploring the rise and retraction of TRIO. Originally, TRIO was a set of three college access and retention programs created in the 1960s to address the needs of a population designated as academically and…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Poverty Programs
Cahalan, Margaret W.; Addison, Marisha; Brunt, Nicole; Patel, Pooja R.; Perna, Laura W. – Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education, 2021
This report, the seventh in this series, brings together again in partnership the Pell Institute with the Alliance for Higher Education and Democracy of the University of Pennsylvania (PennAHEAD). These reports draw from multiple sources of existing data to provide, in one place, indicators that describe trends in equity in postsecondary…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Higher Education, Educational Trends, Enrollment
Arendale, David R., Ed. – Online Submission, 2020
The purpose of this directory was to identify and describe education practices to take federally-funded GEAR UP and TRIO programs online in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. These programs improve academic performance, close the achievement gap, and improve persistence towards graduation for low-income, first-generation, and…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Online Courses, Educational Technology