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Direct linkGraham, LaKresha – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2011
TRIO programs exist for students who need guidance through the academic systems that exist. TRIO programs began in 1964, when Lyndon Johnson signed the Educational Opportunity Act into law (McElroy and Armesto, 1998). This started the TRIO programs to help disadvantaged students enroll and complete college. TRIO programs, including Talent Search…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Opportunities, Federal Programs, Academic Support Services
Download full textStanding, Kimberly – 1999
This report presents the results of a survey of federal 1997 TRIO (special programs for students from disadvantaged backgrounds) grantees and non-funded applicants conducted to determine grantees' satisfaction with support services provided by the Department of Education and to examine differences in levels of satisfaction across first-time…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educationally Disadvantaged, Federal Programs
McIntyre, Catherine; And Others – 1977
An evaluation was conducted of the effectiveness of the 12 LULAC [League of United Latin American Citizens] National Education Service Centers, Inc. (LNESC), which assist Hispanic and other educationally deprived students in pursuing post-secondary education. The evaluation focused on three LNESC objectives: (1) to increase the number of persons…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Admission, Community Organizations, Economically Disadvantaged
Merisotis, Jamie P. – 1996
This analysis looks at proposals for the 1997 reauthorization of the Higher Education Act. These proposals include graduation-contingent aid providing "incentives" for completion; creation of federal student aid block grants to reduce the federal government's role and provide states and institutions more flexibility in awarding student…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Block Grants, Economically Disadvantaged, Educationally Disadvantaged
Goldenberg, Dan; And Others – 1997
The 1992 reauthorization of the Higher Education Act (HEA) made changes in the need analysis formulas that determine the expected family contribution (EFC) used in awarding Title IV Federal student aid, altered the definition of an independent student, lowered the family size offset for independent students without dependents, eliminated home…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Legislation, Educationally Disadvantaged
Tomlinson, D. G.; Tannock, P. D. – 1982
A total of 3,732 recipients of Assistance for Isolated Children (AIC) allowances during 1979 and 1980 received questionnaires and parents of 313 families were interviewed to determine who benefitted from the AIC Scheme, what use was made of the AIC allowance, what effect did the AIC Scheme appear to have had, and what anomalies existed in relation…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Boarding Schools, Correspondence Study, Delivery Systems
Evaluation of the Special Services for Disadvantaged Students (SSDS) Program: 1979-80 Academic Year.
Coulson, John E.; And Others – 1981
The federally funded Special Services for Disadvantaged Students (SSDS) program is examined for the 1979-80 academic year in 58 institutions; the program's short-term impact on participating freshmen is summarized. Up to 200 students at each site were studied to determine whether program participation levels correlated with outcomes and whether…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Freshmen, Developmental Studies Programs, Economically Disadvantaged
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1985
This report of a regional hearing on education, held in Los Angeles, considers the Federal role in education, how education can be strengthened throughout the fabric of the national agenda, and how proposed Federal budget cuts will affect school programs and impact national problems. Testimony was heard from various individuals involved with…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Dropouts, Early Childhood Education, Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1997
This hearing, the ninth in a series discussing issues related to the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, focuses on three programs: Aid for Institutional Development, or Title III; the National Early Intervention Scholarship and Partnership Program; and the TRIO programs, which provide support services and scholarships for students, as…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Black Colleges, College Students, Disadvantaged Youth
Franklin, Paul – 1980
Current practices and future directions are examined for the federal student support service programs known as TRIO (Talent Search, Upward Bound, Special Services for Disadvantaged Students, and Educational Opportunity Centers) and the Educational Information Centers program. The TRIO programs identify low income and educationally disadvantaged…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Students, Ancillary School Services, College Bound Students
