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The TRIO Digest is a weekly recap of essential news, resources, and tips for TRIO professionals. Get updates on policy, funding, success stories, and strategies to boost student success—everything you need to stay informed and make your work easier, all in one place.
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TRIO Digest, Week 16 (April 21-27, 2025)
[Listen Here] TRIO Digest Week 160:00/499.2241× Top Stories Trio of rulings freezes Trump’s anti-DEI directives for schools - NewsBreakFederal judges on Thursday dealt three separate blows to the Education Department’s plans to enforce sweeping bans on diversity, equity and inclusion efforPOLITICOJuan Perez Jr.Federal judges
TRIO Digest, Week 15 (April 14-20, 2025)
[Listen Here] TRIO Digest, Week 150:00/470.3281× News The Promise of American Higher EducationNo government—regardless of which party is in power—should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursueHarvard University PresidentHarvard University

TRIO Digest, Week 14 (April 6-13, 2025)
[Listen] TRIO Digest, Week 140:00/551.61× News U.S. Department of Education Announces Consequences for Maine’s Title IX NoncomplianceU.S. Department of Education Announces Consequences for Maine’s Title IX NoncomplianceU.S. Department of Education Key Points * Federal Action: The U.S. Department of Education (ED) referred

TRIO Digest, Week 13 (Mar 30-Apr 5, 2025)
News Trump officials tell Oregon undocumented college students they can no longer access TRIO programsColleges and universities in Oregon and California can no longer allow students without permanent legal status access to some federally funded programs meant to help disadvantaged students earn degrees, according to a recent decision from the
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TRIO Digest, Week 12 (March 23-29, 2025)
News U.S. Department of Education Revokes Waivers to California and Oregon Universities Using Federal Funding to Provide Services to Illegal ImmigrantsToday, the U.S. Department of Education revoked waivers to California and Oregon colleges and universities that are using federal funds to provide services to illegal aliens under the
TRIO Digest, Week 11 (March 16-22, 2025)
News Improving Education Outcomes by Empowering Parents, States, and CommunitiesBy the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and to enable parents, teachers, andThe White HouseExecutive OrdersThe potential impacts of closing the Department of Education, explainedThe federal agency handles
TRIO Digest, Week 10 (March 9-15, 2025)
News U.S. Department of Education Initiates Reduction in ForceAs part of the Department of Education’s final mission, the Department today initiated a reduction in force (RIF) impacting nearly 50% of the Department’s workforce.U.S. Department of Education In a sweeping workforce reduction, the U.S. Department

TRIO Digest: Week 9 (March 2–8, 2025)
News I’m the first college graduate in my family. I wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for programs like Head Start. Another federal program called Upward Bound put me on a college campus every summer as a high school student. Although I lived in the housing projects, I could imagine