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Supporting First-Generation College Students This Back-to-School Season 

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Supporting First-Generation College Students This Back-to-School Season August 15, 2024 — by Nicole Brunt The Pell Institute is proud to announce the release of a new set of fact sheets that illuminate critical insights into the experiences and outcomes of first-generation, low-income students, and students with disabilities.

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Biden-Harris Administration Proposes 9% Increase for TRIO in FY24

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COE applauds this proposed increase as it would allow TRIO programs to move closer to its goal of serving 1 million students and provide much-needed cost-of-living increases for all current programs to serve students more intensively. Register for COE’s Policy Seminar, March 19-22 in Washington, D.C.,

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President Biden Releases FY25 Budget Request to Congress

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Therefore, during COE’s upcoming Policy Seminar and throughout the FY25 appropriations season, our community will advocate for an increase of $68 million for TRIO in FY25. for our Policy Seminar and working with you throughout the year to increase the federal investment in our nation’s first-generation, low-income students.

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New Pell Institute Report Shows Decline in the Global Position of the United States in Bachelor’s Attainment, Increasing Inequality of College Opportunity at Home

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The 2024 Indicators of Higher Education Equity in the United States report reveals alarming trends indicating increasing inequity of opportunity in higher education, particularly for low-income students. “The alarms are sounding for the U.S., Its membership includes more than 1,000 colleges and agencies.

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EQUALITY, Fall 2023

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House of Representatives Blog The Nation Watches as Upward Bound Alumna Cheryl Johnson Serves as Interim Leader of the Speaker-less U.S. House of Representatives by Terrance L.

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The Council for Opportunity in Education Announces 2023 National TRIO Achiever Award Recipients

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His pioneering work expanding broadband access and promoting digital literacy has allowed countless low-income students to pursue their educational aspirations. Lesia Crumpton-Young , immediate past president of Texas Southern University, has profoundly impacted higher education, particularly for marginalized students.

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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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. ### The Council for Opportunity in Education (COE) is a nonprofit organization established in 1981, dedicated to expanding college opportunities for low-income, first-generation students and students with disabilities. House of Representatives by Terrance L.