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Over 100 Organizations Urge Congress to Reverse Federal Education Grant Cancellations

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy A coalition of 104 education organizations has called on Congress to immediately reverse the Department of Education's recent cancellation of several major teacher preparation grant programs, a move that has disrupted educator pipelines across the country and threatens to worsen the national teacher shortage crisis.

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Pepperdine University Professor Seeks to Give High School Students a Head Start

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A lot of times, when students are going into mathematics, they are seeing the material for the first time and then tested on that material,” Roberson said. “If I think Dr. Roberson’s Ahead of the Game exemplifies the idea that every child has a civil right to gain math literacy.”

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The Federal Work-Study Program

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Examples are reading tutors for young children, literacy tutors for adults, and mathematics tutors at local public high schools. Students can use work-study money to cover some college expenses, but they will typically require other sources, such as scholarships, grants, or loans, to cover the total Cost of Attendance at their college.

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The Council for Opportunity in Education Applauds Senators Susan Collins, Jon Tester, Shelley Moore Capito, and Tammy Baldwin for Reintroducing Bill to Strengthen the Federal TRIO Programs

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Other key provisions of the proposed bill include: Granting “low-income” status to Pell Grant recipients. Specifically, the Educational Opportunity and Success Act would reauthorize funds for the TRIO Programs for the next six years and establish more reasonable guidelines for notice of pending grant competitions.

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President Biden Continues to Prioritize Federal TRIO Programs in FY 2024 Budget

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If approved by Congress, this funding increase would allow Federal TRIO programs to move closer towards its goal of providing 1 million students with individualized support services, academic tutoring and individual counseling, financial literacy, and other needed resources to be successful in their academic careers.